The new Cambridge history of India, Vol.1, Part 7: Architecture and art of the Deccan Sultanates

Michell, George et al.

ISBN: 9780521563215, 0521563216

Ardas of the Sikhs: a distinctive prayer

Neki, Jaswant Singh

ISBN: 9788173049613, 8173049610

This book, Ardas of the Sikhs, is an inclusive, yet discreet work on the subject. While acknowledging the universality of prayer and its efficacy, the author attends to this multisensate phenomenon in all its dimensions--historical, hermeneutical, psychological, philosophical, etc. He does this with all deference to the various other extant spiritual disciplines. Ardas for the Sikhs is the way ...

Abhidharma-Nidarsana: Bandha sidhamton ka vivecan

'Shravak' Lalji

ISBN: 9789392974038, 9392974035

D/escription of Buddhist concepts.

Ardha Magadhi reader by B.D. Jain

ISBN: 9788170300403, 8170300401

Christianity in India: an historical narrative

Kaye, John William

ISBN: 9788121294232, 8121294231

In the book, this approach is the most accurate way to portray the progress of Christianity in India, as it was largely due to the efforts of individual minds and their thoughts that the religion began to take root in the region. However, once the initial obstacles were overcome and the foundation was laid, the role of individual character and exertion became relatively less important. While th...

Ardhakathanaka: half a tale: a study in the interrelationship between autobiography and history, transl., introd. and annotated by Mukund Lath, illustrations by Ganesh Pyne

ISBN: 9788129105660, 8129105667

The Ardhakathanaka is a remarkable work. Written during the heyday of the Mughal rule in 1641 A.D., it is perhaps the only autobiography in the Indian tradition. This story is an invaluable witness to the pervasiveness of the community in the life of an individual.

Ardhanarisvara in art and literature

Yadav, Neeta

ISBN: 9788124601693, 8124601690

Providing a conceptual and historical back-ground of the doctrines relating to Siva and Sakti worship-it involves an iconographical study of the Ardhanarisvara image, with the focus on its dress, ornaments, coiffure, posture and other features.

Arhat Parsva and Dharanendra Nexus: in literature, inscription and art

Dhaky, MA (ed.)

ISBN: 9788120814851, 8120814851

The volume embodies the papers read at the B.L. Institute of Indology on Arhat Parsva and Dharanendra Nexus.;

The armies of God: a study in militant Christianity

Buchanan, Iain:

ISBN: 9788185569819, 8185569819

This book looks at the ways that Western politics incorporate, and exploit, religion. In particular, it examines the rise of US evangelicalism as a force in world affairs. It looks in detail at some of the most powerful of the agencies involved, and at the way they operate-often as US government proxies - in such countries as Iraq, Indonesia, Thailand, and India.

Art and religion of the Bhairavas, illumined by two rare Sanskrit texts `Sarva-siddhanta-viveka' and `Jnana-siddhi'

Nagaswamy, R

A pathbreaking new approach to the study of Indian art and religion, this work bases its analysis on two rare Sanskrit texts, Sarva-siddhanta-viveka (critical understanding of all religious systems) and Jnana-siddhi (achievement of knowledge), through which the meaning and identification of some of the immortal sculptures of India like Elephanta Trimurti are discussed.

The art and science of self realization: Purusharthasiddhyupaya of Amrtachandra Suri, ed. with an introd. by Jagdish Prasad Jain `Sadhak'

A work on moral discipline of a householder by Amrtachandra who flourished in 10th cent. AD.

Art in Pakistan: traditions and trends, dialogues and essays

Rasheed, Ashfaq

ISBN: 9789698460181, 9698460187

This book is a compilation of dialogues and essays held with the senior and leading twelve artists and one art critic. Ashfaq Rasheed has attempted to cover one artist each of the area of landscape, cityscape, portrait and figure, still-life, modern art, miniature, sculpture and so on.

The art of living: essays based on experiences of life, English transl. by Surendra Bothara, ed. by Shri Chand Surana 'Saras', 3rd ed

Upadhyaya, Shri Kewalmini

Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708): master of the White Hawk

Grewal, J.S.

ISBN: 9780199494941, 0199494940

The unifying theme in the life of Guru Gobind Singh was confrontation with the Mughals, which culminated in a struggle for political power. The volume elaborates on the life and legacy of Guru Gobind Singh and explore the ideological background of the institution of the Khalsa and its larger political context.

Grhastha: the householder in Ancient Indian religious culture,

ISBN: 9780190098889, 0190098880

This volume problematizes the figure of the householder within ancient Indian culture and religion. It shows that the term grhastha is a neologism and is understandable only in its opposition to the ascetic who goes away from home (pravrajita). It also analyzes the meanings, functions, and role of the householder from the earliest times until about the fifth century CE.

Art views: encounters with artists in Pakistan

Husain, Marjorie

ISBN: 9789698896003, 9698896007

A collection of published and edited articles on artists in Pakistan from a well-known art writer from Pakistan.

Art, culture and spirituality: a Prabuddha Bharata centenary perspective (1896-1996), comp. and ed. by Swami .......

ISBN: 9788175051898, 8175051892

Atmaramananda et al.;;Contents: (i) Science, philosophy, psychology (ii) Art, culture, religion (iii) Comparative perspectives (iv) The holy trinity (iv) Saints and sages.;

A gift of grace: the essence of Guru Nanak's spirituality

Deol, Daler Aashna

ISBN: 9789389136166, 9389136164

This book simplifies the Guru's core spiritual message for the modern reader. The author, at the outset, enunciates the spiritual foundation of the Guru's worldview and his conception of reality, including the nature of God.

Arts in Islamic civilization

Ashraf, Shahid (ed.)

ISBN: 9788126127627, 8126127627

Arunachal Pradesh: rediscovering Hinduism in the Himalayas, foreword by Kiren Rijiju

Kaur, Jagdish

ISBN: 9788185217321, 8185217327

This book has tried to relate the religious history of Arunachal Pradesh with the existing evidence in the form of ancient Indian epics, texts, contemporary literature and the archaeological investigations conducted over a period of past several decades. A comprehensive analysis of this evidence establishes the presence of Hindu religious elements in ancient Arunachal Pradesh.