The present book, “Samnyasins in the Hindu Tradition: Changing Perspectives”, covers a wide territory, trying to look at the samnyasins and the samnyasarama in their long existence from the times of Sankara to the present day. This book traverses a slightly different trajectory from the usual book on samnyasins as it attempts an overview of the samnyasin and the institution over a long period from Vedic to post-Independence times and speculates on the ...
In this two-volume work of critically translating the Yogasutrabhasyavivarana (YSBHV) of Sankara, the Yogasutras of Patanjali, and the bhasya of Vyasa, all these three texts have been brought together for the first time. The question of the authorship of YSBHV has been a vexed one and has engaged the attention of scholars for a long time. In this work the authorship problem has been examined in great detail on the basis of the both the internal and external ...
Diaspora Studies’ have emerged as a major academic discipline in the past few decades as large groups of people have moved away from their places of birth to settle in foreign lands. This book deals with the ‘Diaspora’ phenomenon and in particular with the ‘Hindu Diaspora phenomenon’ as we know that Hindus are now settled in more than one hundred and fifty countries around the globe. In this book the contributors reflect and examine the myriad ways in ...
This is the first time that an attempt to render the Yogavarttika into English has been made. Its syncretic nature and the difficulty of understanding it without the aid of the sutra and bhasya has always deserted the undertaking of this work for a study in such detail. The present work gains added importance due to the critical notes given under every varttika. The bringing together of all the three-the sutra, bhasya and varttika-will serve the scholar and ...
The papers in this volume were first presented at a seminar held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla during May, 1987. The participants invited had a special concern with the phenomenology of religion and an attempt was made to reflect seriously on matters such as the bearing of transformation of consciousness on life-world, tribal religious consciousness, and sharing of religious life-worlds, taking into account Hindu, Muslim and Christian ...