The Shlokas and Mantras Activity Book for Children is a wonderful way for your child to connect with their cultural heritage. It features engaging activities that promote mindfulness and creativity allowing kids to explore ancient wisdom through colourful illustrations and interactive exercises. This book nurtures knowledge and inspires a love for tradition. Help your child discover the beauty of shlokas and mantras today!
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Unveil the hidden stories of the powerful women of the Ramayana—famous figures like Sita and Mandodari alongside lesser- known yet equally remarkable women like Shanta and Sulochana. These women are not just supporting characters; their courage wisdom and strength shaped the epic in ways often overlooked in the dominant narratives of history.
Prepare to be immersed in a captivating exploration of the epic’s female characters—who they were what they stood for and how their stories continue to inspire generations. Stree: The Women of the Ramayana not only reclaims their place in the Ramayana but also challenges readers to see the epic through a new more inclusive lens forever transforming how we understand these legendary women and their lasting legacy.
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“We cannot reach God without a guru in our lives. Hanuman is the ultimate sadguru ” writes media veteran Priya Gupta in her debut book Hanuman—the first in a new spiritual series Temples of India. A sacred trail of 21 Hanuman temples plotted across the vast expanse of the Indian subcontinent the book maps out these revered sites against the backdrop of associated myths legends and history. Spotlighting Hanuman’s pivotal role in the epic of Ramayana the book answers questions about his life character and enduring cultural significance as Gupta supplements her research with rich commentary by some of the country’s esteemed spiritual gurus.
Hanuman is a cartography of pilgrimage where Hindu culture’s most cherished devotee emerges as a multifaceted being: healer scholar and saviour.
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This is a fascinating depiction of the transformation of the Indian riverine goddess from the manuscriptcarrying vinaplayer to the Buddhist weaponwielding defender of the Dharma. Drawing on Sanskrit and Chinese textual sources as well as Hindu Jain and Buddhist art historical representations this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvati from sometime after 1750 B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E. Through the study of Chinese translations of no longer extant Sanskrit versions of the Buddhist Sutra of Golden Light furthermore the author sheds light on Sarasvati’s interactions with other Indian goddess cults and their impact on one another. About the Author Catherine Ludvik Ph.D. in South and East Asian Religions University of Toronto is a JSPS Research Fellow affiliated with Kobe University. Her publications include Recontextualizing the Praises of a Goddess: From the Harivamsa to Yijing’s Chinese Translation of the Sutra of Golden Light and Hanuman in the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Ramacaritamanasa of Tulasi Dasa
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Ambedkar during his later years before he died in 1956 had converted to Buddhism. He chose Buddhism over other religions like Islam Christianity Sikhism etc. as it talked about scientific knowledge humanity and equality and he wanted to get rid of the caste rigidities and social inequalities that he faced during his lifetime. His memorable book The Buddha and his Dhamma talks about Ambedkar’s perspective on Buddhism and the founder of the religion Siddhartha Gautama or Buddha. Ambedkar discusses the fundamental points related to said religion and contains his explanation of dhamma and discusses the biography of Buddha his teachings his missionary activities his contemporaries and the establishment of the Sangha or the first Buddhist Council and so forth. This book is heavily popular among the neoBuddhists or Navayanas and it is referred to as the Bible for understanding neoBuddhism. About the Author Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (18911956) was a constitutionalist economist political activist and jurist who headed the committee drafting the constitution of The Republic of India. Born in the family of Mahars an untouchable caste he completed his higher education at the University of Mumbai London School of Economics and earned his doctorate from Columbia University. He is also known for the Dalit rights movement and the establishment of the NeoBuddhism movement which is a sociopolitical movement among the Dalits.
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Ambedkar during his later years before he died in 1956 had converted to Buddhism. He chose Buddhism over other religions like Islam Christianity Sikhism etc. as it talked about scientific knowledge humanity and equality and he wanted to get rid of the caste rigidities and social inequalities that he faced during his lifetime. His memorable book The Buddha and his Dhamma talks about Ambedkar’s perspective on Buddhism and the founder of the religion Siddhartha Gautama or Buddha. Ambedkar discusses the fundamental points related to said religion and contains his explanation of dhamma and discusses the biography of Buddha his teachings his missionary activities his contemporaries and the establishment of the Sangha or the first Buddhist Council and so forth. This book is heavily popular among the neoBuddhists or Navayanas and it is referred to as the Bible for understanding neoBuddhism. About the Author Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (18911956) was a constitutionalist economist political activist and jurist who headed the committee drafting the constitution of The Republic of India. Born in the family of Mahars an untouchable caste he completed his higher education at the University of Mumbai London School of Economics and earned his doctorate from Columbia University. He is also known for the Dalit rights movement and the establishment of the NeoBuddhism movement which is a sociopolitical movement among the Dalits.
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The Buddhist Legend of Jîmûtavâhana is a theatrical play associated from the play Nâgânanda. This play was written in the Sanskrit language which was attributed to Harsha (r. 60648 ce) of the Pushyabhuti kingdom who was the ruler of Kannauj (not to be confused with the ruler of Kashmir). This was later mentioned in the famous Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva and Brihatkathamanjari of Kshemendra which was written in the eleventh century ce. Though the date and exact authorship are uncertain scholars agree that it was written during the seventh century ce. About the Author B. Hale Wortham (18431928) was a British clergyman and a Sanskrit translator. He was educated at Trinity College Oxford in 1863. He served as a vicar at Hertfordshire and Ware in 187480 and 1911 respectively. He translated works like The Satakas of Bhartrihari Hitopadesa or The Book of Good Counsel (Transl. of the Mârka??eya Purâ?a) The Story of Devasmitâ (Transl. from the Kathâ Sarit Sâgara).
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A Sanskrit Reader is a critical study of Sanskrit literature from a linguistic perspective. Selected works such as Mahabharata Hitopadesha Kathasaritsagara Dharmasastra Rigveda Maitrayani Grihasutras and Brahmanas are taken by the author for literary assessment. Stories from the said texts are explained with vocabulary tables and commentary offered with translation for assessing its literature. This book is still taught as an introductory text in universities and is used as a standard textbook in the Sanskrit classes. About the Author Charles Rockwell Lanman (18501941) was an American Indologist. He graduated from Yale University. He was the president of the American Philological Association (189091) American Oriental Society (18971907) and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1881. He translated the KarpuraManjari of RajaCekhara: A Drama by the Indian Poet Rajacekhara (About 900 a.d.) into English and contributed in Whitney’s translation of the AtharvaVeda Samhita.
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The Koran (or Quran) is the sacred text of Muslims. As per the traditional Islamic accounts the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by Allah himself. It was written in a poetical style in classical Arabic. This dictionary is supposed to be an authoritative work of its kind based on noted German Indologist Gustav Leberecht Flugel’s edition of the Koran which was published in 1834. Numerous lexicons used in the Koran were translated into English as several of the Arabic terms are obscure to modern Arabic speakers as well. Highly recommended for those who are interested in Quranic and classical Arabic Islamic studies and the manuscript tradition of the Quran's compilation. About the Author John Penrice (18181892) was a British soldier photographer and orientalist. He published his work The Valley of Nile which is a collection of photography taken from Egypt and Nubia.
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Gowd Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) have contributed immensely to the Konkani literature. But after the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1500 it further transformed Konkani into a vernacular language of the majority of Goan population. This book delves about the history of Gowd Saraswat Brahmin community and their affiliation towards Vaishnavism sect as the community adopted the principles of the twelfth century ascetic Madhavacharya. The later part contains six classical folk tales collected from the Konkani literature which is the significant part of this book. About the Author Rao Saheb V.P. Chavan was a linguist and the author of books like Konkani Proverbs The Konkan and the Konkani Language.
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