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THE MAHABHARATA

Author : Ramesh Menon
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9780595845644
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book THE MAHABHARATA written by Ramesh Menon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined: far and away the greatest recorded epic known to man. The Mahabharata is the very Book of Life: in its variety, majesty and, also, in its violence and tragedy. It has been said that nothing exists that cannot be found within the pages of this awesome legend. The epic describes a great war of some 5000 years ago, and the events that led to it. The war on Kurukshetra sees ten million warriors slain, brings the dwapara yuga to an end, and ushers in a new and sinister age: this present kali yuga, modern times. At the heart of the Mahabharata nestles the Bhagavad Gita, the Song of God. Senayor ubhayor madhye, between two teeming armies, Krishna expounds the eternal dharma to his warrior of light, Arjuna. At one level, all the restless action of the Mahabharata is a quest for the Gita and its sacred stillness. After the carnage, it is the Gita that survives, immortal lotus floating upon the dark waters of desolation: the final secret! With its magnificent cast of characters, human, demonic, and divine, and its riveting narrative, the Mahabharata continues to enchant readers and scholars the world over. This new rendering brings the epic to the contemporary reader in sparkling modern prose. It brings alive all the excitement, magic, and grandeur of the original-for our times.

Towards Corporeal Cosmopolitanism

Author : Anjana Raghavan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783487968
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Towards Corporeal Cosmopolitanism written by Anjana Raghavan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which existing narratives of cosmopolitanism are often organized around European and American discourses of human rights and universalism, which allow little room for the articulation of an affective, embodied and subaltern politics

Transgenders in India

Author : Veerendra Mishra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000872858
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Transgenders in India written by Veerendra Mishra and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory volume studies the challenges faced by the transgender community in India. It traces the history of the representation of the community in Hindu texts to understand the evolution of their status within Indian society. The book looks at various themes such as the concept of establishing identity through the processes of 'coming out' and 'transitioning’ and analyses how race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, nation, religion, and ability have cross-influenced to shape the transgender experience and trans culture across and beyond the binary. Lucid and topical, the book debunks myths and critiques the stigma and discrimination surrounding the transgender community. It will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of gender studies, queer studies, exclusion and discrimination studies, political science, sociology, social anthropology, and South Asian studies.

Grandeur And Narratives In The Great Indian Epics- The Ramayana And The Mahabharata

Author : Samiran Kumar Paul
Publisher : BFC Publications
ISBN 13 : 9357649182
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Grandeur And Narratives In The Great Indian Epics- The Ramayana And The Mahabharata written by Samiran Kumar Paul and published by BFC Publications. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help the Indian and the foreign students to learn about Indian Classical studies in poetry and narrative art. A comparison between these two epics throw light on myths, exile and narratives. In India a recent trend of growing Hinduism is noticed in while studying Hindu scriptures of mahakvyas and the Puranas. This study of epics in English will attract the Indologists of the world.

Namaste

Author : Jay Narayan
Publisher : JL Samskritam Publications
ISBN 13 : 1399952951
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Namaste written by Jay Narayan and published by JL Samskritam Publications. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism is a culture based on the science of spirituality. If correctly understood and practised, it offers a state of contentment and guides us towards Self-Realisation, i.e., unity with the divine. With its profound philosophies, invigorating deities, fascinating mythologies, vibrant art and architecture, and an inspiring age-old living tradition, Hinduism provides an exceptionally rich tapestry which appeals to people from all walks of life. The true essence of Hinduism can only be grasped in its entirety by embracing all aspects of its culture – by understanding its philosophies, meditating on the forces of the universe, leading an ethical lifestyle, and celebrating unity with all other beings. NAMASTE is a compendium that presents the alluring spiritual wisdom of Hindu traditions in a condensed, easy-to-read format with hundreds of spell-binding pictures and illustrations. NAMASTE is a coffee-table book that aims to rekindle the spiritual aspects of Hindu culture by logically presenting its various concepts and making them accessible to today’s generation. NAMASTE is a visual treat and an intellectual guide. It is a “book of life” which would awaken the spirituality of one and all! About the author: The Rig Veda (1.89.1) states, “Aa no bhadrāḥ krutavo yantu vishwataḥ”, which means “Let noble thoughts come from all directions!” This is a mantra that Jay Narayan strongly believes in, which has led him to do research in the science of spirituality. He is a Chartered Engineer by profession, working with top-class engineering companies for more than 25 years. Jay lives with his family in London, UK. Jay firmly believes that when there is spiritual progress in a society, all its people will lead contended and worthy lives. His motto in life can be summed up by this ancient Sanskrit phrase, “Lokaḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu”, which means, “May everyone in the entire world be happy”!

Hinduism and Buddhism (Vol. 1-3)

Author : Charles Eliot
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Hinduism and Buddhism (Vol. 1-3) written by Charles Eliot and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hinduism and Buddhism" in 3 volumes is a work by Charles Eliot whose aim is to give a sketch of Indian thought or Indian religion, for the two terms are nearly equivalent in the book, and of its history and influence in Asia. As the author pointed out, it is impossible to separate Hinduism from Buddhism, for without it Hinduism could not have assumed its medieval shape and some forms of Buddhism, such as Lamaism, countenance Brahmanic deities and ceremonies, while in Java and Cambodia the two religions were avowedly combined and declared to be the same. Neither is it convenient to separate the fortunes of Buddhism and Hinduism outside India from their history within it, for although the importance of Buddhism depends largely on its foreign conquests, the forms which it assumed in its new territories can be understood only by reference to the religious condition of India at the periods when successive missions were despatched. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Imagine a City

Author : Mark Vanhoenacker
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473572150
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Imagine a City written by Mark Vanhoenacker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pilot's love letter to the world's greatest cities from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Skyfaring 'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives' ALAIN DE BOTTON Growing up in his small hometown, Mark Vanhoenacker spun the illuminated globe in his bedroom and dreamt of elsewhere - of distant, real cities, and a perfect metropolis that existed only in his imagination. Now, as a commercial airline pilot, Mark has spent more than two decades crossing the skies of our planet and touching down in the cities he'd always longed to see. Imagine a City celebrates the metropolises he has come to know and love through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left. From the sweeping roads of Los Angeles and the old gates of Jeddah to the intricate, dream-inspired plan of Brasília, he shows us with warmth and fresh eyes the extraordinary places that billions of us call home. 'Vanhoenacker... has a near-bottomless appetite for fresh sights and guidebook curiosities... Intimate and thoughtful' PICO IYER, AIR MAIL 'A love letter to the cities he's returned to again and again... Vanhoenacker captivates when describing the silent beauty of a world glimpsed from above' Washington Post 'Eloquent... A love song to cities the world over' Wall Street Journal

The Mahābhārata. Translated and Edited by J.A.B. Van Buitenen

Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226846484
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book The Mahābhārata. Translated and Edited by J.A.B. Van Buitenen written by and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Religion Health & Suffering

Author : Porter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136175784
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Religion Health & Suffering written by Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Difficulty of Being Good

Author : Gurcharan Das
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199779604
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book The Difficulty of Being Good written by Gurcharan Das and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in the Mahabharata, the action stops and everyone weighs in with a different and often contradictory take on dharma. Each major character in the epic embodies a significant moral failing or virtue, and their struggles mirror with uncanny precision our own familiar emotions of anxiety, courage, despair, remorse, envy, compassion, vengefulness, and duty. Das explores the Mahabharata from many perspectives and compares the successes and failures of the poem's characters to those of contemporary individuals, many of them highly visible players in the world of economics, business, and politics. In every case, he finds striking parallels that carry lessons for everyone faced with ethical and moral dilemmas in today's complex world. Written with the flair and seemingly effortless erudition that have made Gurcharan Das a bestselling author around the world--and enlivened by Das's forthright discussion of his own personal search for a more meaningful life--The Difficulty of Being Good shines the light of an ancient poem on the most challenging moral ambiguities of modern life.

Modern Asian Art

Author : John Clark
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824821425
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Modern Asian Art written by John Clark and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal publication focusing on the modern art of Japan, China, India, Thailand, and Indonesia. A significant and challenging contribution to the discussion of the advent of modernism in Asia.

The Mahabharata, Volume 1

Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022621754X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Mahabharata, Volume 1 written by and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the first volume in what will ultimately become a multi volume edition encompassing all eighteen books.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English

Author : Manju Jaidka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000933229
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English written by Manju Jaidka and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Indian writing in English is a fi eld of study that cannot be overlooked. Whereas at the turn of the 20th century, writers from India who chose to write in English were either unheeded or underrated, with time the literary world has been forced to recognize and accept their contribution to the corpus of world literatures in English. Showcasing the burgeoning field of Indian English writing, this encyclopedia documents the poets, novelists, essayists, and dramatists of Indian origin since the pre-independence era and their dedicated works. Written by internationally recognized scholars, this comprehensive reference book explores the history and development of Indian writers, their major contributions, and the critical reception accorded to them. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English will be a valuable resource to students, teachers, and academics navigating the vast area of contemporary world literature.

The Mahabharata, Volume 1

Author : Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226846636
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Mahabharata, Volume 1 written by Johannes Adrianus Bernardus Buitenen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanskrit classical epic translated into English.

The Modern Review

Author : Ramananda Chatterjee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Review written by Ramananda Chatterjee and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".

Shadows of Empire

Author : Laurie Jo Sears
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822316978
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Empire written by Laurie Jo Sears and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows of Empire explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigenous traditions. Charting the shifting boundaries between myth and history in Javanese Mahabharata and Ramayana tales, Laurie J. Sears reveals what happens when these stories move from village performances and palace manuscripts into colonial texts and nationalist journals and, most recently, comic books and novels. Historical, anthropological, and literary in its method and insight, this work offers a dramatic reassessment of both Javanese literary/theatrical production and Dutch scholarship on Southeast Asia. Though Javanese shadow theater (wayang) has existed for hundreds of years, our knowledge of its history, performance practice, and role in Javanese society only begins with Dutch documentation and interpretation in the nineteenth century. Analyzing the Mahabharata and Ramayana tales in relation to court poetry, Islamic faith, Dutch scholarship, and nationalist journals, Sears shows how the shadow theater as we know it today must be understood as a hybrid of Javanese and Dutch ideas and interests, inseparable from a particular colonial moment. In doing so, she contributes to a re–envisioning of European histories that acknowledges the influence of Asian, African, and New World cultures on European thought—and to a rewriting of colonial and postcolonial Javanese histories that questions the boundaries and content of history and story, myth and allegory, colonialism and culture. Shadows of Empire will appeal not only to specialists in Javanese culture and historians of Indonesia, but also to a wide range of scholars in the areas of performance and literature, anthropology, Southeast Asian studies, and postcolonial studies.

Genres of Modernity

Author : Dirk Wiemann
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042024933
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Genres of Modernity written by Dirk Wiemann and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genres of Modernity maps the conjunctures of critical theory and literary production in contemporary India. The volume situates a sample of representative novels in the discursive environment of the ongoing critical debate on modernity in India, and offers for the first time a rigorous attempt to hold together the stimulating impulses of postcolonial theory, subaltern studies and the boom of Indian fiction in English. Combining close readings of literary texts from Salman Rushdie to Kiran Nagarkar with a wide range of philosophical, sociological and historiographic reflections, Genres of Modernity is of interest not only for students of postcolonial literatures but for academics in the fields of Cultural Studies at large.