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The Lalitavistara is one of the greatest Buddhist texts, and presents us with one of the earliest accounts of Buddha's life. Nothing is known about its author or the specific period of its composition. It is called a Vaipulya sutra of Buddhism. Composed in what is known as Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, it is something of an enigma and there are still controversies about its interpretation. It is extremely important today not only as a religious text, but a ...
The work examines the concept of food in relation to health in ancient India, throwing light on aspects such as dietary habits of the people and the changes in them and medicine and the medical profession in Vedic times. Quoting from various sources, it presents a detailed study of the concept of food and medicine as dealt with in the Ayurveda and important texts like the Charakasamhita. It includes an account of the health care system as enumerated in Pali ...
This compendium of seven papers seeks to examine the status of science and technology in ancient India. Analyzing the development of mathematical concepts in ancient India, it discusses at length Tarka and Parisesa, the two important logical methods in Indian philosophy.
It further presents a critical assessment of phonetics in Pratisakhya, relative chronology of phonetics and grammar, the Nirukta and etymology, and the pursuit of healthy life in Carakasamhita. ...
Papers presented at the National Seminar on "Early Bengal Epigraphs and Cultural Life", held at Jadavpur University in March 2004.
At the time when we were students, we constantly felt the need for a ready reference, a handbook that would give us in a nutshell the idea about a certain technical term in literary criticism. Whenever we needed to look up such a term, we had to undergo a lengthy process of searching through a number of alamkara texts. As a result, we were much heartened when this project was taken up under the DSA. Originally, it was intended that we should work as a team, with ...