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The Studies in the Mahapuranas is like a diamond with many facets. It epitomises the Puranic information on various aspects of Indian History and Culture Art, Science, Geography, Politics and State Craft, Literature, etc. It is a unique work laying bare the broad spectrum of ancient Indian Knowledge contained in the repository of the Puranas. It contains an up- to-date bibliography of the Puranas, which will be useful to those who wants study whose works from ...
Manu is variously referred to as the father of human race, as one of the ancient sages, as having established fir, as a semi-divine being who received from God Himself the laws and regulations, as a king in the Krta-yuga, as the author of a work on Arthasastra. In the Manu Smrti Manu is referred to as a king.
The Hindu codes of religious and social laws are known as Dharmasastra, or smrti. The texts belonging to this sastra are many and varied. Besides, there are smrti material outlining the principles of jurisprudence may be found in other classes of literature, such as the puranas. Dr. Banerji who has established himself as an authority of the subject has collected and critically edited with an annotated translation the verses from the Agni-purana, an encyclopaedic ...
Tantra is a distinct philosophical system. Many feel eager to know about it, but few love the time and energy to understand. The intricacies of Tantra. So, a short-cut is necessary. In the present work, an attempt has been made to set forth the highlights of the Tantra works the highlights of the Tantra works and their authors. A bibliography, intended to help further reading, has been added.