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The Yajnavalkya –Smrtih of Sage Yajnavalkya occupies an important place among the significant religious scriptures of India. This treatise is grouped into three major sections; Acaradhyayah, Vyavaharadhyah and Prayascittadhyayah. The Acaradhyayaj is devoted to the study of the code of conduct for a person related to the knowledge of Dharma. It prescribes the necessary rules for human conduct for a harmonious life.
Sage Yajnavalkya makes a clear ...
In the present work an attempt has been made to deal with several aspects of Ksemendra's life and works,his language and style,his contribution to sanskrit literature & his eminence as a critic of the theory & practice of portry.In his Kavikanthabharana(which may be rightly called kavisiksa) besides discussing possibilities of becoming a poet,of borrowing and adopting from masters of poetic art the poetic charm and its illustration in its ten ...
The theme of the preset work, A Survey of Post-Sankara Advaita Vedanta is a very wide one and hence the enquiry has been restricted to the salient features of Advaita; for example, the problems regarding the Jiva and his relation with Brahman, the nature of Avidya, the nature of the world, etc. It has been divided into six chapters. The First chapter takes up a bird's eye-view of Pre-Sankara Advaita and also contains the philosophy of Sankaracarya in brief as ...
Studies in Vedanta philosophy in an excellent book on Vedantic philosophy. It contains the well-studied articles written by the professional philosophers and modern saints. The articles cover the major schools of Vedantic thought that has a beginning from the Vedas. Some of the difficult concepts have been also explicated and analysed keeping in view the level of understanding of general readers. No doubt, a reader will find here something novel. It is expected ...
Bhaminivilasa is undoubtedly the best work of Pandita-raja Jagannatha. It is the collection of detached verses independent of each other and so, it maybe called a Kosakavya. The book is divided into four vilasas – The first Prastavika-vilasa is a collection of gnomic and didactic verses. These are very grand in conception and in expression. The second Srngaravilasa contains the highest number of verses giving passionate expression to the emotion of love. So ...
A.C. Clyton had made all possible efforts to prepare a book for the lovers of the Vedas. His book the Rg-veda and Vedic religion contains a good amount of critical material and therefore will be very much useful to the scholars interested in the study and research in Vedic lore. He has made critical analysis of the vedic thoughts and has brought to light some interesting facts. The learned author has endeavoured to examine the material from historical ...
The present volume is an important addition to the field of Indology. It contains thirty two essays on varied topics relating to Sanskrit and allied subject written by prominent scholars who are known for their valuable contribution and dedication. There are essays on Vedas, mythologies, epics, poetics, jurisprudence, grammar, Buddhism, manuscriptology and research methodology. The scholars have covered the main areas of Indological literature ...