Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
147 books
It would be an error to call is a scientific or an artistic study. It is something deeper that has value of both these approaches. Mr. Nirmal Kumar has emerged as one of the greatest modern thinkers
Hitherto psychiatrists have been searching for the sources of the Indian maladies in European myths and legends. Nirmal Kumar has done a tremendous job by tracing their sources single-handedly to the experience of the Indian race.
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Hari, Lord Vishnu, took the form of Mohini, and gave Amrit to the Devas after cheating the Asuras out of their share by bewitching them into stupefaction through feminine charms.
Hara, Lord Shiva, who had already saved the Devas by drinking the Kalakoota which threatened to deluge them, heard of this, and desired to see the Mohini form of Hari, Mohini appeared in a garden, playing with a ball, and tantalized by her beauty, Hara lost control over himself.
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We believe that all living beings and non-living things, fire, water, air, ether, the sun, the moon, the stars, the solar system, the entire Universe, in fact the endless Universes, have been created by god. But who is this God? The aim and purpose of this book is to import divine wisdom to every sincere seeker and to inculcate faith in the existence of the mysterious and invisible Creator or God
God Exists will guide you by scientific and then lead you by the ...
In this book, the author has fully explained all about astrology in Ancient Indian and has given a description of the various constellations of stars - on which the Science of Astrology is based. The volume is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter gives an account of the antiquity of the Science of Astrology. Chapters II, III and IV give an account of the movements of the Sun, the Moon and the Earth. Chapter V gives a number of tables pertaining to ...
India is a great country with a magnificent past. True, but cliched. Just what is so great, you may ask, if I have not lost you to boredom already.
This book is about five girls who want to know just the same thing. Find out what they discover about Indian thought and philosophy and how they are enriched by encounters with ancient thinkers. Find out about their trials and tribulations as they tread the arduous path to knowledge. There is a mystery too, thrown in ...
Patriot Philosopher and scholar, Ranganath Ramchandra Diwakar (b. 1894) and M.A., L.L.B. of the Bombay University is not only a politician with an impressive record of service but one who exudes peace and learning. He started life as a school teacher and then a Prof. of English but was soon sucked up in the political maelstrom. Taking journalism which is still among his abiding interests in his stride he has been a not tax campaigner political prisoner, president ...
Starting life in Government service at the Kumbakonam College, he went over to the Presidency College, Madras, in 1913, where he remained on the English staff for twenty-two years. After a short spell of service as the Principal of the Government Arts College, Rajahmundry, h. retired from Government service in 1938. After retirement he served as the Principal and Professor of English in two private colleges in Madras— Pachaiyappa’s College and ...
'Knowledge' and 'Wisdom' are the two anchor words, which are the theme of spiritual philosophy presented in this book. Concepts of knowledge (jnana) and wisdom (vjnana) are those used in scriptural texts. Briefly, there are two levels of knowledge (vidya). One is the lower knowledge (apara Vidya), which includes study of various scriptures, knowledge of various mantra-s for performance of religious rites, to understand the concept of one God and various gods as ...