Sri Garib Dass Oriental Series
31 books
Dialogue with the World is a modest attempt at understanding the concept of the body in the works of two remarkable philosophers one from the West and the other from the East. Maurice Merleau Ponty and Sri Ramanuja representing two great philosophical traditions are philosophers who made unique contributions towards creative and convergent thinking focusing on the body as an Incarnate Consciousness. Merleau Ponty weaves his world of experience centred on the ...
The present volume focuses attention on the most popular of the Vedic hymns viz. Purusa Sukta. The idea of the Purusa has been explained in some detail and the enigmatic concept of Purusa Medha has also been considered in its proper perspective. It is hoped that by presenting this traditional interpretation many of the misconceptions will be removed. And as an Appendix has been given a detailed symbolic account of the Yajna prepared by an almost unknown scholar ...
In former times filled with affection towards her devotees the Goddess Parvati reverently questioned Shiva desirous of knowing the nature of Rama. The Lord of the Mountains himself recited to his dear consort that great mystery known as the Adhyatma Ramayana which is great amongst the Puranas. He who reads with devotion even a shloka or half a shloka of the Adhyatma Ramayana, is purified of all sins that very moment. He who daily recites reverently the Adhyatma ...
Reference from the Puranas on the religious and mythological significance of an ammonite (SĢaĢlagraĢma) stone emblem of Vishnu (Hindu diety).
"This book on Hanuman is an encyclopaedic work that is being presented to the scholarly world. It provides interesting and authentic information on Hanuman including the puja details. It is also fully illustrated.Like Ganesha, Hanuman is widely worshipped in the country, both in villages and in townships. He is also a tribal god and a folk deity, and around him cultic concepts have gathered. He is Rama's favourite attendant and also a Tantrik hero. He is ...
This book is about the state of embodied perfection often called enlightenment, self-realization, liberation, or jivanmukti. It examines the types, degrees, and stages of liberation that are possible, with and without a body. "In asking 'what is the nature of jivanmukti,' with all the ramifications that this entails (how does it occur, when does it occur, where does it occur, what part does karma play, and so on,) the authors not only provide the reader with ...
Ganesa's popularity is manifold. He is the favourite god of the masses. He is also the favourite subject for curio-hunters and collectors of icons. Painters and sculptors have reveled in depicting this god in a variety of forms and postures. The Tantrik practitioners have found in him a beneficient poer, quick to acquire and enduring in nature. Literature about Ganesh is rematkable, varied and large. Works in Sanskrit, which appear to have provides the main ...
The Agama literature includes the Silpa-Sastra, which is basic to iconography. Worship dealt with I the Agama necessarily involves images which are worship-worthy. The rituals and sequences that are elaborated in the Agama books find relevance only in the context of an icon which is contained in a shrine. And icons are meaningful only in the context of shrines and worship. Agama texts are not easily accessible to the people. A large number of them are still ...
Sri Cakra has rightly been regarded as the prince among cakras (cakra-raja). It is best known and most worshipped among hundres of sacred designs that are prescribed in the traditional lore. Despite this celebrity, an air of mystery surrounds this cakra. The present book gives details of the design, the significance of those details, the philosophical framework that renders the details relevant, the prevailing symbolism, and the nature of source - materials have ...
Cuiosity to know one's future is both natural and universal; and therefore any method which attempts to unravel the mystery of the future has an attraction for the future has an Astrology, palmistry, numerology and various extrasensory processes which claim to predict the future have a popular appareal. An elementary knowledge of astronomy and a historical perspective are indispensable for a beginner. After going through the authoritative texts like Brihat ...
The Vaiyakarnabhusana of Kondabhatta (also spelt at Kaundabhatta) belongs to the category of the sabdabodha (verbal understanding) literature contributed by the grammarians. The text Vaiyakarnabhusana is divided into thirteen chapters dealing with thirteen components of a Sanskrit expression. The present book contains English translation of the second chapter of the book Lakarartha nirnaya (discussion on the meaning of a personal suffix).
“In this book, Bernard Bouanchaud combines his skillful mastery of Sanskrit and his direct contact with living yoga, as he taught yoga in Paris for several decades. He transmits the knowledge he himself received from the eminent masters: Shri Krischnamacharya and his son T.K.V. Desikachar..to make this book, at once so personal and so faithful to an ancient tradition, truly new.”
The Yoga Sutras approach the psychological, philosophical, ...
A great number of Tantric texts were composed in India. In due course it was felt necessary to compile digests or compendia in order to bring together in a single volume the main Tantric practices. One of the most popular of these compendia is the Mantramahodadhi, written in 1589 by Mahidhara. The text is accompanied by a Tika, entitled Nauka, written by the author himself. There are many manuscripts of the Mantramahodadhi in manuscript collections in India ...
Among the medieval works on Tantra, this work in Sanskrit holds a place of great importance for its comprehension and authority. The author, who describes himself as an anchorite who did austerity in Varanasi, prepared this book in twenty-five 'Tarangas' more as a compilation of relevant material for the sadhakas than as an independent work. It is encyclopaedic in nature; it is verlly an ocean (as the title suggests) of mantras. Now in Tantrik Sadhana, the ...
The Prakarana Pancika belongs to the Prabhakara school of Purvamimamsa. It is a primer of the Prabhakara system and deals with very important tenents such as pramana, prameya and other subject which distinguish this system with the other systems. The Vakyartha-matrka is no. eleventh prakarana of the Prakarana Pancika. It is a cluster of verses on which the author has written vrtti. This prakarana has two sub section namely prathama ...
Mysticism is the state of Pure Consciousness. The Mystical state is achieved when all sensory information is suppressed and the mind emptied of all empirical content. The Hindu tradition covers many ages. The Upanisads gage to India the most direct interpretation 'Thou art That', "The Bhagvad Gita concentrates on the various complementary paths to the Ultimate, knowledge, love and devotion."The profound teachings of Shankara were the next ...
The present work is divided into 30 chapters, comprising nearly 2,600 slokas. It is a work in which the slokas are in a narrative dialogue between Anupagayana and a ‘siddha’ named Sumati. The work is encyclopaedic in scope and comprehensive in treatment. It treats all the major topics found in typical Samhitas and, further brings together several traditions within one, unified text. Chapter I is a synopsis of the ...