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The volume is concerned with the Brhajjatakam (sixth century AD) by Varaha Mihira who is regarded as unparalleled in his knowledge of astronomy and geography in ancient India. The work is considered as one of the most authoritative treatises on the science of Hindu horoscopy. The present edition includes the Sanskrit text of Brhajjatakam along with an English translation which is supported with various examples and notes. There is an index of verses at the end ...
Shri Narada-pancaratram or Jnana-mritasara is one of the oldest specimen of Vaishnava literature in Sanskrit. It deals with Shri Krishna, Shri Gopala and Sri Radha cult. The leading theme is devotion and love towards Shri Krishna who is verily the God, but not of the same standard as is preached in the Bhagavadgita. It tries to solve the problem of life and death, pleasure and pain, this world and the next and holds out the idea of Shanta and Dasya.The servitude ...
The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, on the basis of its order, style and theme belongs to the genre of Mahapuranas, in spite of its exclusion from the original list of the Mahapuranas. It is to the Saktas what Srimad Devi Bhagavatam is to Vaisnavas. Opinions about the date of its composition vary; however it can be safely said that it attained its present shape sometime during the eleventh century AD. Its ideas trace source from all the major works of ancient India-the ...