Monograph Series
25 books
The question of meaning in Tantric ritual is considered here on the evidence of the Saiva traditions of Kashmir. This evidence is principally that of an extensive corpus of learned Sanskrit works produced between AD 900 and 1300 to explain the systems of ritual and theology taught in the Tantric Saiva scriptures. But there is also the evidence of the more recent practice of the Kashmirians reflected in the anonymous manuals which record the text and procedure of ...
The book explores the polemics between two rival schools of Indian philosophy Advaita Vedanta and Mimamsa regarding the method of attaining liberation. It focuses on the contribution made to this protracted debate by Suresvara, one of the direct disciples of Sankara. The polemics with Mimamsa especially on the question of the possibility and necessity of attaining liberation and the means to be employed in the process occupies an important place in ...
Since the inception of this program in 2007, a few recurring themes. and central to architecture have emerged, incitting interesting debates and generating mixed responses.
Some the persistent concerns have been with regard to the perceptible gap between theory and practice. Can a better dialogue be established between academic and professional world? What informs design? What is the source of expression and symbolism - tradition and craft or machine? How does ...
This publication offers a study of climatic disorders with the focus on Asia-Pacific island nations with developing economies that are strongly impacted by climatic change in terms of hurricanes, tropical cyclones, flash floods and droughts. It showcases multi stakeholders’ responses to climatic disorders who act locally under specific circumstances. It analyses the factors influencing stakeholder responses to the disasters, citing empirical evidences from ...
The present volume is the reprint of a book first published by the Asiatic Society in 1971. From the Preface by the author of the original edition we learn that: This study of the Kanishka Vihra was originally submitted, with slight revisions, in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree in History at the University of Hawaii. The project of research was carried out in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan under the sponsorship of the East-West ...
India-Southeast Asian relations, though longstanding historically, have only begun to blossom in the last decade or so. This is most discernible in the area of defence. Beginning with low-level intermittent bilateral exchanges in the 1970s and 1980s, since India's 'Look East Policy' in the early 1990s, this has now developed and matured rapidly on multiple fronts, both bilaterally and multilaterally. India's membership in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ ...
