The Bhagavad Gita is a dramatic poem which forms a small part of the great epic, the Mahabharata. The poem is the dialogue through which Arjuna`s doubts are resolved by Krsna`s teaching about the nature and place of action in the ultimate reality of things. The present translation is supplemented by a commentary; both seek to emphasize how the teaching is rooted in the concrete situation, and how its order and structure reflect the changing condition of the conversants and the purpose of the conversation. Footnotes and notes are included to clarify the Sanskrit, to indicate alternative translations, and to note relevant comments from other commentators and translators

Bhagavad Gita: Translation & Commentary (English and Sanskrit Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Richard Gotshalk

Hinduism

Motilal Banarsidass Pub

The present English translation is based on the original German work written by Professor Winternitz and has been revised in the light of further researches on the subject by different scholars in India and elsewhere. Vol. I relates to Veda (the four Samhitas), Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanisads, Vedangas and the Literature of the ritual. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Puranic literature and Tantra. Vol. II deals with the Buddhist Literature of India and the Jaina Literature. Vol. III covers Classical Sanskrit Literature comprising ornate Poetry, Drama, Narrative Literature, Grammar, Lexiocography, Philosophy, Dharma-Sastra, Artha-Sastra, Architecture, Music, Kama-Sutra, Ayurveda, Astronomy, Astrology and Mathematics. This part also contains a useful Appendix surveying briefly the modern Indian literature in Tamil, Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali. The work is meant alike for the beginners and the advanced students of Sanskrit literature. It helps the reader to make himself aware of what is and what is not of lasting importance and what standard should be applied to distinguish between more valuable and less valuable work. The author has tried to provide the reader with a clear and lucid representation of every type of Sanskrit literature and to introduce him to the pulsating heart of the spiritual creations of India. He gives solid grounds on which further researches may be carried on.  Contents:  Translator s Note, Foreword, List of Abbreviations, PART I: Classical Sanskrit Literature: Section IV Ornate Poetry, Dramatic Poetry, Narrative Literature, Campus, Index of Names, PART II: Section V. The Scientific Literature, Appendix, Index.

A History of Indian Literature (Vol. 3)

Literature & Fiction

Maurice Winternitz

History & Criticism

Blossoms of Friendship introduces the Yoga Wisdom Classics series from Rodmell Press. This book is a collection of talks given by Vimala Thakar, in 1973, in Mount Abu, India. In the style of Krishnamurti, she describes the subtle differences between the states of concentration, attention, awareness, and meditation, and discusses the roles of guide, teacher, master, and guru. In the Foreword, publisher Donald Moyer writes that Vimala Thakar's insights provide a clear exegesis of the last three stages of the eightfold yogic path: dharana, dhyana, and samadhi. For students who wish to deepen their understanding of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, these talks will be especially welcome

Blossoms of Friendship

Vimala Thakar

Parenting & Relationships

The author was struck by the profound similarities between the teachings of Don Juan and Nagarjuna - in particular concerning Samvrti and Paramartha of Madhyamaka and the Tonal and Nagual of Don Juan and the concept of categorical frameworks.

A Comparative Study of the Teachings of Don Juan and Madhyamaka Buddhism : Knowledge and Transformation

Mark MacDowell

A systematic exposition and interpretation of the most fundamental problems are carefully discussed from the different standpoints of Indian thought with the synthetic Hindu mind. The work is divided into three volumes: Volume One makes a minute and detailed discussion of the problem of perception and cognition. Volume Two: deals comprehensively with questions associated with emotion and will. Volume Three: is exclusively devoted to the analysis of epistemology and its perceptional aspect. It meets the need of students and teachers of Indian psychology as well as the general reader interested in the study of Indian Philosophical-Psychological literature.

Indian Psychology (3 Vols.): Vol.I Cognition; Vol.II Emotion and Will; Vol.III Epistemology of Perception

Politics & Social Sciences

Sinha, Jadunath

Philosophy

Though only a minor work in form s regards its contexts the Vigrahavyavartani is a fundamental text of Madhyamaka as well as of the early Indian dialectical tradition. Not only does it admirably illustrate the dialectical method followed by Nagarjuna the founder of the school but it also clarifies the idea of Voidness which has been so often misunderstood not only in modern times and abroad but in India itself and in Nagarjuna`s own time. Long lost in India this text was frotunately discovered by Rahula Sankrtyayana in a Tibetan monastery.

The Dialectical Method of Nagarjuna

Bhattacharya Kamaleswar & E.H. Johnston & Arnold Kunst

Social Sciences

The present grammar has been prepared with a view to meet the growing educational need of university students. The author has done his best to bring the present grammar up to the requirements of the students. In writing the various chapters of this book, the author has closely followed Pannini, as explained by Bhattoji Diksita. Many of the rules given here are translations of the relevant Sutras of Panini. The original Sutras are given in footnotes, where necessary. Sandhis and declensions are fully treated; compounds which dominate classical Sanskrit literature have received special attention; formation of feminine bases has been illustrated; Taddhita affixes have been arranged in an alphabetical order. A special feature of the present grammar is the chapter on the "Conjugation of Verbs." The general rules given are amply illustrated by examples. All the verbs which change their pada when preceded by particular prepositions are given in an alphabetical order. The chapter on Syntax contains almost everything given in the first 20 chapters of author's Guide to Sanskrit Composition; the chapter on Prosody is based on the Chandomanjari and the Vrttaratnakara. The author has spared no pains to make the book as useful and as complete as possible.

A Higher Sanskrit Grammar: For the Use of School and College Students

M. R. Kale

Reference

English trans. of a Tibetan work, on birds of Himalayas meeting under the leadership of the cuckoo on a holy mountain and how they were instructed in the Buddhist way of life and thinking. a simple introduction to Tibetan faith. includes introd. notes. a classic. rp.1955ed.

The Buddha's Law Among the Birds

Edward Conze

Yoga as Philosophy and Religion

This book relates to the system of Rajayoga as enunciated by Patanjali and explained by his commentators - Vyasa, Vacaspati, Vijnanabhiksu and others. It deals with the foundation of yogic practices, their philosophical, psycho-logical, cosmological, ethical and religious doctrines. It comprises the essential features of the yoga system with other systems of philosophical thought, and establishes its affinity with the system of sankhya.

Yoga As Philosophy and Religion

Surendranath Dasgupta

Contemporary Indian Philosophy has arisen in awareness of the need to reconcile the forces of tradition with those of modernity. It is not merely repetitive. It develops under the conviction that the basic aim of Philosophy is to cultivate a world-view. This requires an awareness of the existential condition of life as also the consciousness of life's ultimate ideal, viz., redemption, not only of the individual, but of the total human race. It emphasises the ultimacy of spiritual values; yet it demonstrates that the roots of spiritual life lie in conditions that are essentially existential. The present study is an attempt to re-think, in an academic manner, the thoughts of the contemporary thinkers, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya, S. Radhakrishnan, and Mohammad Iqbal. Different aspects of their thoughts have been systematised, categorised and placed under suitable philosophical heads in this work.

Contemporary Indian Philosophy

Lal, Basant Kumar

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