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

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.

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 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.;

The asrama system: the history and hermeneutics of a religious institution

Olivelle, Patrick

ISBN: 9788121511353, 8121511356

The author examines the relationship of asrama system to other institutional and doctrinal aspects of the Brahmanical world and its position within Brahmanical theology, and assesses its significance within the history of Indian religion.

At play with Krishna: pilgrimage dramas from Brindavan

Hawley, John Stratton

ISBN: 9788120834866, 8120834860

Contains translation of four plays of religious dramas called ras lilas from Brindavan and provides a lively perspective on the mythology of Krishna, a Hindu deity.

Aum Hindutvam: daily religious rites of the Hindus, rev. and enl. edition

Swami Vedananda

ISBN: 9788120810815, 8120810813

Attukal Amma: the goddess of millions

Rajeev, Lekshmy

ISBN: 9789351777069, 9351777065

The book familiarizes the reader with the Bhadrakali cult in Kerala and provides a ringside view of the Pongal festival and the various rituals associated with it, even as it raises doubts about the authenticity of the myth of Kannagi, the heroine of Chilappathikaram, associated with the temple.

Aum-pranava in Indian tradition

Ranganath, S

ISBN: 9788186339978, 8186339973

Traces the significance of Aum in Vedas, Upanishad, Ramayana, Mahabharta, Tantric literature.

Autobiography of an absolutist

Guru, Nataraja(1895-1973)

ISBN: 9788124605646, 8124605645

Autobiography of a knower of the absolute , successor of Narayana Guru, 1856-1928, and an educator.

The Oxford history of Hinduism: modern hinduism,

ISBN: 9780198854784, 0198854781

Nataraja: divine dance of the cosmos, foreword by Karan Singh

Mishra, Kamal Kishor et al

ISBN: 9788182901728, 8182901723

This book explores the symbolism of the great iconic God of the Hindu Pantheon from the point of view of various traditions of Indian thought, its underlying philosophy and symbolism, including the theory of dance, architecture and sculpture. It is a well illustrated book covering among others the great Nataraja temple in Chidambaram to the most recent temple in Suva, Fuji.

Balaji-Venkateshwara: Lord of Tirumala-Tirupati: an introduction

Nanditha Krishna

ISBN: 9788187111467, 8187111461

Banaras (Varanasi): cosmic order, sacred city, Hindu traditions, festschrift to Prof. R.L. Singh

Singh, Rana PB (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185403922, 8185403929

Banaras region: a spiritual and cultural guide

Singh, Rana PB et al.

ISBN: 9788186569245, 8186569243

This book, enriched with many maps and illustrations, is the first compendium of cultural sites in and around Varanasi. It covers a very wide range of places and subjects and provides a huge quantity of information, being a veritable small encyclopaedia of the Banaras region.

Sanatana dharma: understanding the knowledge and ethics of Hinduism

ISBN: 9789390547920, 939054792X

The religion of Sanatana Dharma is the most ancient, continuously practiced spiritual tradition on earth. Culturally relevant and imperative in the contemporary era, this work has been preserved and reproduced as the fundamental knowledge base of a civilization. This selected guide is an attempt to keep the ethos of Hinduism alive and relevant. The term `Sanatana Dharma' is translated from the ...

Beauty, power & grace: the book of Hindu goddesses, with illustrations by B.G. Sharma et al.

Dharma, Krishna

ISBN: 9781608873838, 1608873838

Replete with inspired illustrations by award-winning artists, this book features Krishna Dharma's dramatic retellings of pivotal ancient Indian stories of the many Hindu Goddesses. Adapted from ancient Sanskrit texts, the stories this book represent one of the most fundamental aspects of Hinduism.

Before he was god - Ramayana: reconsidered recreated, illus. by Vandana Sehgal

Varma, Ram