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Ever since the dawn of civilization in the country, several deities emerged on the Indian religious scene; while some of them vanished into oblivion as suddenly as they had mushroomed, some of them left an indelible impression in the minds of the people and are adored in one form or the other even during the modern times. Hanuman happens to be one such deity. Though scholars have tried to trace the presence of Hanuman in the Vedic literature in the form of ...
Scroll painting is the most ancient form of painting still continuing in India and the neighbouringcountries. The painted scroll served multifarious functions in society, viz., as picture-books for religious and epic stories, as a source of entertainment and also as mass media. In transmitting stories and morals so derived the intenerant painter-showmen or Saubhika in ages of lesser literacy contributed considerably to society. They are persisting in a precarious ...
Since the 1950s, the imposition of Chinese socialism has brought pronounced changes in the urban morphology of Lhasa. These changes are reflected in both expansion of the urban area and especially the transformation of its internal structure. This study assesses the geographic, political and demographic factors at play in the remarking of Lhasa from the beginning of the 20th century. The study will contribute significantly to the literature on cities in socialist ...
The present book is unique and is one of its own kind. During the last decade, several books on symbols have been published by oriental publishers but not a single book has touched those symbols which are tackled here by the present author. More so, almost all the books took Indian symbols partially. Sometimes, they deal them with the literary evidences and sometimes with the help of Archaeological proofs. Elsewhere, they have been interpreted through the art ...
Saivism (Siva-Sakti cult) is the religion of yore dating back to prehistoric times of Indian civilization. It is glorified in all Hindu scriptures, Vedas, Upanisads, Puranas, Agamas and the like, which constitute some of the oldest documents of Indian religion. Taking this theme, the author has written 130 paragraphs of glory and adoration of Siva and 30 paragraphs of devotional prayer. These are original, elevating, thoughtful and written in English with Hindi ...
In this extraordinarily candid book, Umesh Patri presents a fresh reappraisal of the impact of Indian Scriptures on American Transcendentalism which flourished in New England in the nineteenth century. The major premise of the study is that other influences on the Transcedentalists such as Chinese, Persian, Sufi, Arabic, neo-platonism, German Transcendentalism etc. are of less significanceo than that of Indian scriptures comprising Hindu and Buddhist texts. In ...