The Garuda Purana Part 1 PDF Download

Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838793
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Author: Cornelia Dimmitt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839722
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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The Mahapuranas embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. The book is organized into six chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space. "Seers, Kings and Supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals, demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief gods are dealt with in three separate chapters: Krsna, Visnu, and Siva. The chapter The Goddess presents stories of the wives and lovers of the gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle goddess. In their introductions, the editors provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names are given the original. The editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names accessible.

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Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Pi. Es Ḍāniyēl
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Study on religious pluralism from the perspective of three modern Hindu thinkers -- Swami Dayanand Sarasvati, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi.

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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Author: Jagdish Lal Shastri
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ISBN: 9789356760967
Category : Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: P. K. Mishra
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Category : Odisha (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: Om Nath Bimali
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Category : Hinduism
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Author: Bruno Dagens
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120812263
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1086

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Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi motilalbanarsidass.com, [email protected] The Matamata is a Vastusastra, i.e. a treatise on dwelling, and as such, it deals with all the facets of gods' and men's dwellings, from the choice of the site to the iconography of the temple walls. It contains numerous and precise descriptions of villages and towns as well as of temples, houses, mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of proper orientation, correct dimensions, and appropriate materials. It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guidebook for the layman. Well thought of by traditional architects (sthapati-s) of South India, the treatise is of great interest at a time when technical traditions, in all fields, are being scrutinized for their possible modern application. The present bilingual edition prepared by Dr Bruno Dagens contains critically edited Sanskrit text which is an improvement over the earlier edition by the same scholar and published as No.40 of Publications de L'Institut Francaisd' Indologie, Pondicherry. The English translation, also published earlier, has now been revised with copious notes. The usefulness of the edition has been further enhanced by adding an analytical table of contents and a comprehensive glossary. In the series of Kalamulasastra early texts on music, namely, Matralaksanam, Dattilam and Brhaddest, have been published. The medieval texts on music, especially, the Sribastamuktavali (No.3 in the series) and the Nartananirnaya (No.17 in the series), bring us up to the 15th and 16th centuries. In the case of architecture, despite the IGNCA's endeavour to publish portions of the Brhatsamhita, the Agni Purana and the Visnudharmottara-Purana, first, this has not been possible. Instead, our scholars were able to complete work first on a late but important text, namely, Silparatnakosa. We hope that the sections on architecture in the Brhatsamhita, the Agni Purana and the Visnudharmottara-Purana which predate the medieval texts, will be published soon, along with revised and re-edited texts of Manasollasa and Aparajitaprccha. The Mayamatam is the fourteenth and fifteenth volume in the Kalamulasastra series of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).