Author: Shree Ghatage Publisher: Anchor Canada ISBN: 0385672551 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 403
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Written with exceptional grace and empathy, Brahma’s Dream explores the richness of relationships and the mystery of how one life is defined through its connection to others. Set in Bombay amid the turbulence of India’s surge towards independence, Brahma’s Dream tells the story of thirteen-year-old Mohini, an unforgettable character whose medical problems set her apart from the world around her, and give her a wisdom and special place in it. Mohini suffers from a rare form of anemia that gradually diminishes her physically but increases her understanding of life in a way incomprehensible to those who move more easily through it. Under her kind, wry gaze, a family, a city, and a country convulse with idealism and hope. Through Mohini the reader encounters the extraordinary characters who live in her family home, Koleshwar Nivas. Vishnupant, Mohini’s grandfather, is a forward-thinking professor of history who has devoted his life to making sense of India’s past so that the country might fulfil the promise of its future. Keshav, Mohini’s father, who, while embracing the prospect of independence, is eager to hold on to any progress made through British rule. But for both men Mohini is the centre of the universe, as she is for her devoted mother, Kamala, who has sacrificed the intimacy of her marriage to care for her child, and Vasanti, Mohini’s aunt who, having lost the chance at a life beyond the confines of family, looks to her remarkable niece for comfort and understanding. The lives of the Oek family are lived against the backdrop of the confrontation between a far-flung empire and the diminutive Mahatma Gandhi. A joyous and moving novel, astute and reflective, Brahma’s Dream explores the Hindu belief that all life and all events are only a part of a vast continuum, and that momentous political and social change, birth, marriage, and even death, are only a twinkling in the eye of a god.
Author: Roy G. Willis Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780805027013 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 326
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The great myths of the world create meaning out of the fundamental events of human existence: birth, death, conflict, loss, reconciliation, the cycle of the seasons. They speak to us of life itself in voices still intelligible, yet compellingly strange and distant. World Mythology offers readers an authoritative and wide-ranging guide to these enduring mythological traditions, combining the pure narrative of the myths themselves with the background necessary for more complete understanding. Here, noted mythology expert Roy Willis, brings together a team of nineteen leading scholars navigate a clear path through the complexities of myth as they distill the essence of each regional tradition and focus on the most significant figures and the most enthralling stories. All aspects of the world's key mythologies are covered, from tales of warring deities and demons to stories of revenge and metamorphosis; from accounts of lustful gods and star-crossed human lovers to journeys in the underworld. All are told at length and are accompanied by illuminating and readable introductory text. Also included are summaries of important theories about the origins and meaning of myth, and an examination of themes that recur across a range of civilizations. Beautifully illustrated with more than 500 color photographs, works of art, charts, and maps, World Mythology offers readers the most accessible guide yet to the heritage of the world's imagination.
Author: Meena Raghunathan Publisher: Tulika Books ISBN: 9788181464132 Category : Brahmā (Hindu deity) Languages : en Pages : 24
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With Great Imagination, Brahma The Creator Has Fashioned All Things On Earth, Even The Greedy Caterpillar. But When It Chomps Its Way Through His Colourful Garden Brahma Gets Very Angry. But Then, It Was Brahma Himself Who Gave The Caterpillar Its Huge Hunger, So What Can The Caterpillar Do? Now, What Will Brahma Do? Brahma'S Butterfly Is An Amusing, Affectionately Rendered Story Of What Happens When The Creator Makes A Small But Big Mistake! The Bright And Lively Pictures Offer A Unique Perspective To The Story.
Author: Diana L. Eck Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231114479 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 460
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"In BANARAS, Diana Eck . . . has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites. . . . Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city".--WASHINGTON POST. 61 photos. 7 maps.
Author: S. Kramrisch Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691019307 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 568
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One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, The Rg Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns; Vedic myths, rituals, and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation on Siva--based on original Sanskrit texts, many translated here for the first time--Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology, and myths of Siva from the Vedas and the Puranas. Who is Siva? Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? From the dawn of creation, the Wild God, the Great Yogi, the sum of all opposites, has been guardian of the absolute. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that keep Siva alive in India today, Kramrisch reveals the paradoxes in Siva's nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself.
Author: Swami Rajarshi Muni Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 9781567184419 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 212
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This groundbreaking work is for serious seekers and scholars about spontaneous yoga--the yoga of liberation. Instead of discussing the physical exercises or meditations usually understood to be yoga in the West, this book focuses on a proven process by which one can achieve liberation from the limitations of time and space and cultivate unlimited divine powers, and an immortal, physically perfect divine body that is retained forever. Illustrations.
Author: Shree Ghatage
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Author: Christopher C. Doyle
Author: Roy G. Willis
Author: Meena Raghunathan
Author: Diana L. Eck
Author: S. Kramrisch
Author: Swami Rajarshi Muni
Author: Duncan Forbes (Professor of Oriental Languages, King's College.)
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