Indica Books
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This book presents the socio-cultural life of ancient India an the basis of data drawn from the Carakasamhita. Indian religious as well as secular literature and Greek and Chinese accounts are utilized for corroborative data. Thus a convincing picture of ancient Indian life has been constructed in which the facts noticed in Caraka are given critical analysis, interpretation and assessment for their historical value. The author found the ancient Indian medical ...
This has been revealed by the author at the end of the work by way of acknowledgement of his indebtedness to an accomplished yogini appearing suddenly before him following her performance of worship of his deity, namely, Parama Siva or Bhairava with patched cloth on her body, trident and skull in her hands.
Maheshvarananda, a full accomplished yogin of the class of Kashmir Saivism seems to have been initially initiated by Yogini Keyurvati who herself was the ...
The dialogue between religion & science anticipates a discourse between the sacred and secular. Present volume contains a religio-spiritual dialogue with scientific world view by the eminent Scientists, Philosophers and the Scholars of religious studies like Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. In consequence of this preoccupation with letters it is commonly conceived that the scientists must come forward to generate lasting and human values of religions and ...
This comprehensive and illustrated Guide Book deals with three Buddhist places: Sarnath, Varanasi and Kausambi. Its main focus, however, is Sarnath, the place where the Buddha "turned the wheel of dharma". After explaining the history of Sarnath, the author describes its main archaeological sites, monuments and temples. He than presents a picture of Varanasi and its ancient Buddhist heritage, and lastly makes a case for the rediscovery of Kausambi with ...
She would say in humility, 'I am a little girl only. I have not been educated at all', but I have heard the effervescence of Veda-Vedanta pouring forth from her divine lips.
Mahamandaleswar 1008 Sri Vidyanandaji Maharaj, Kailash Ashram, Rishikesh
For a span of more than fifty years Sri Ma Anandamayi dominated gracefully the spiritual horizon of India. The keepers of the Vedic heritage - the ascetics orders of India - were united in declaring her the quintessence ...
In the pages of this book we are taken on a profound pilgrimage of spiritual discovery. With our guide, Malcolm Tillis, we wander the length and breadth of India in search of other Westerners who, like him, have forsaken their old lives in the West for totally new, dramatically more meaningful ones in the East. By seeing Indian spirituality through the eyes of outsiders who were not born into the ancient culture, but found tremendous personal meaning therein, we ...
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (1871-1953) is a very renowned and respected figure in contemporary Indian spirituality. He was held by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) as ‘Vedanta Incarnate’.
Swamiji took sannyasa at the age of 33. For many long years he lived mainly in forests, dwelling in caves. On the order of his guru, he later became a little more accessible and became well known for his spiritual radiance and knowledge. In 1936 he set up an ...
Tantrasara is an extensive digest and recension of TantrÈloka, a magnum opus by ¶cÈrya AbhinavaguptapÈda. The author himself created this digest to have a comprehensive study of the voluminous text, as this great and important text is not easy to absorb by everyone in a larger study material form. The complete text (10th century A.D.) is a compendium of all TÈntrika rituals and philosophical essence of Tantra, drawn from the light ...
The worldwide serious debate on consciousness has now become off-the-cuff interaction in science and philosophy, especially in neuroscience and brain science, and also in metaphysics. The entire conversation has been shifted from experiencing what is without an atom of psychological yesterdays in terms of 'recent findings. The semantic allegory White Shadow' comprehends all the problems related to pain, evil and existence, epistemological as well as ontological ...
Swami Vaidyanathan (Remaji) dedicated his life to assuage the suffering of people and unite humanity. He found a solution and called his thesis, Masquism. He did not compromise on his principles even in trying circumstances. He lived as awalking messenger of god with the message that made him a world Guru. He loved humanity as a father would love his family, leaving his message as his offering and contribution to human welfare and unity. This book gives an ...
The Stavacintamani of Bhatta Narayana (late 9th early 10th century CE) is a devotional stotra dedicated to the praise and worship of Siva and his power (sakti) who is responsible for creation maintenance and dissolution. The stotra is an outpouring of the state of the mature mind of one who practiced experienced internalized and lived this system of monistic Saivism. The quality of the verses and author’s personal fame suggest that bhatta Narayana was not ...
The text has been edited for the first time and has never before been accessible to an English speaking readership. It is accompanied by an introduction and an extensively annotated translation. The author has drawn on twenty-seven Sanskrit manuscripts and original fieldwork amongst yogins in India to demonstrate how earlier tantric yogic techniques developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga. The work sheds new light on the development of hathayoga and ...
India's progressive emergence on the world stage, in terms unimaginable just a few decades ago, obliges us to reconsider is nutured by the West for over two thousand years: a prestigious image maybe, but also grealty reductive. as the privileged home of occult knowledge, ecstasy and asceticism, or ---quite the opposite--of fabulous riches and voluptous pleasures. Rather than getting to know India, by West has preferred to dream of it: one result has been that ...
In this small encyclopaedia of India the author explains the roots and foundations of Indian civilization, covering almost every aspect of Indian culture. The broad topics include History, Religion, Society, Arts, The State and Travel.
On the life and achievements of Ramana Maharshi,1879-1950, Hindu philosopher and saint from Tamil Nadu, India.
Banaras, usually known as a religious and cultural centre, is also famous since antiquity for its textile industry. Banaras textiles and the designs produced there were sold throughout India and exported to many foreign countries. The Buddha was shrouded in a fine Banaras cloth, and kings and queens all over India used to dress with its more exquisite brocades. All foreign visitors to the city commented on this textile art, in which Banaras traditionally ...
This book comprises of yantras used for all major gods, goddesses and deities accomplished with meaningful colour and geometrical composition. Religion is the root of Indian culture. Rituals and believes are the integral part of Hindu Religion. It becomes more powerful when a devotee develops reverence into it. Fundamentally a society, which has faith in religion, believes in their own deities or gods and goddesses and pay their homage to them. Apart from ritual ...
On Advaita philosophy; commentary on Taittīriyopaniṣad.
Two texts on the cult of Siva and Sakti, Hindu deities with special reference to Tantric doctrines.
