Christian researches in Asia: with notices of the translation of the scriptures into the oriental languages

Buchanan, Claudius

ISBN: 9788121294195, 8121294193

The College of Fort William in Bengal had a department for translating the Scriptures into Oriental languages, and in 1805 they began producing versions in Persian, Hindostanee, and Malay. However, in 1807, the establishment was reduced, and the translations were suspended. The Provost and Vice-Provost of the College were determined to find a way to continue the translations, and they encourage...

Arya Samaj and regeneration of India

Sharma, JB (b.1962) et al

ISBN: 9788185809502, 818580950X

Collection of already published articles by various scholars.

The reluctant family man: Shiva in everyday life

Chitgopekar, Nilima

ISBN: 9780143443216, 0143443216

The Arya Samaj: an account of its origin, doctrines, and activities, with a biographical sketch of the founder, with a preface by Sidney Webb

Lajpat Rai

ISBN: 9788185199757, 8185199752

Aryan invasion theory and Indian nationalism

Talageri, Shrikant G

ISBN: 9788185990026, 8185990026

History is a very potent subject. Politics can be, and very often is, based on it. A nation which forgets, or falsifies, or wilfully ignores, or glosses over the lessons of its history is a nation heading towards doom. And, conversely, when a nation is intended to be sent to its doom, a process of falsification of its history can be profitably launched.;Indian history, as it is formulated, taug...

Sun in the religious life and lore of India

Mohanty, Muralidhar

ISBN: 9788186791608, 8186791604

The role played by the Sun in the religious life of the people of India through the ages has been embodied in this volume in a lucid manner with reference to the Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanishads and Puranas.

Asa di var

Chahal, Maneshwar S

ISBN: 9788172342968, 8172342969

Asar-us-Sanadid (first edition 1847, second edition 1854), tr. and ed. by Rana Safvi

Khan, Sayyid Ahmad

ISBN: 9789382381877, 9382381872

This volume is the English translation of the two editions of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan's classic account of the monuments and environs of pre-colonial city of Delhi. It contains sketches from the original Urdu edition and is a valueable resource for urban historians and scholars of Delhi's monumental history.

Asceticism in ancient India: Brahmanical, Buddhist, Jaina

Mishra, Ratanlal

ISBN: 9788190821292, 8190821296

Deals with the system of Samnyasa as it prevailed in these religions.

Asceticism in ancient India: in Brahmanical, Buddhist, Jaina and Ajivika societies (from the earliest times to the period of Sankaracharya)

Chakraborti, Haripada

ISBN: 9788185094694, 8185094691

Ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture, ed. with foreword by Satya Ranjan Banerjee

Babb, Lawrence A

ISBN: 9788120815384, 8120815386

Sheds light on a little-known religious tradition and demonstrates that divine absence can be as rich as divine Presence in its possibilities for informing a religious response to the cosmos.

Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali: philosophy, religion, culture, ethos and practices

Iyengar, Prashant S.

ISBN: 9788178224800, 8178224801

Asian art at the Norton Simon Museum, Vol.1: art from the Indian subcontinent

Pal, Pratapaditya

Representing almost all schools of Indian sculptural art and three major religions-- Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism-- the works span two millennia, from the second century B.C.E. to the nineteenth century C.E.

Asian public theology: critical concerns in challenging times

Wilfred, Felix

ISBN: 9788184650846, 8184650841

This book is inspired by the vision that the response to the multifarious problems facing this continent needs a reflection in public along with many partners; it may not be responded to by conventional or dominant theologies pursued within narrow confines.

Asoka: the king and the man

Thaplyal, Kiran Kumar

ISBN: 9788173054334, 8173054339

The present volume comprising 11 Chapters deals variously with political and economic background and sources; classification and features of edicts; early life and family; conquests and extent of empire; administration; faith in Buddhism; dhamma; religious harmony; society and religions; monuments; and estimate of Asoka.

Ganga: the constant goddess

Chandramouli, Anuja

ISBN: 9789353332686, 9353332680

Believed to be the liquid manifestation of Shakti and the nurturer of the three worlds with her life-sustaining waters, Goddess Ganga is the epitome of beauty and purity, famous for her indomitable spirit and boundless charm.

Aspects of Buddhism (based on Pali sources), ed. by H.S. Shukla

Tiwary, Mahesh

ISBN: 9788185305011, 8185305013

A collection of 21 seminar papers dealing with various aspects of Buddha's life and teachings, the physico-psycho-ethical systems of thought that distinguishes Buddhism from other religions.

Aspects of early Visnuism, Leiden, 1954

Gonda, Jan

ISBN: 9788120810877, 8120810872

Aspects of Indian culture

ISBN: 9789381325223, 9381325227

A collection of seventeen articles that are culled from The Cultural Heritage of India. These are thematically arranged as: (i) Vedic basis to Indian culture; (ii) Vedic resonance in the epics and puranas; (iii) Systematization, practice and experience of Vedic philosophy and spirituality and (v) Continuity of Vedic culture in the modern India.;

Aspects of Islam and Muslim societies

Hasnain, Nadeem

ISBN: 9788183870337, 8183870333

Contains twenty-three articles on a variety of aspects of Islam and Muslim societies from scholars.