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The Bhagavad Gita is an early epic poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of God. In the moments before a great battle, the dialogue sets out the important lessons Arjuna must learn to change the outcome of the war he is to fight,...

Dakshinamurti Stotra Translated by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri Dakshinamurti is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, as a teacher. Dakshinamurti literally means 'one who is facing south.' An image of Shiva as Dakshinamurti is part of every temple to Shiva, installed facing south. This work...

L’Induismo è sia un modo di vivere sia un sistema  sociale e religioso altamente organizzato, ma diversamente dal Giudaismo, l’Induismo è completamente libero da qualsiasi affermazione dogmatica relativa alla natura di Dio, e il cuore della religione non dipende mai dall’esistenza o non-esistenza...

Adi Shankaracharya composed a number of Vedantic works for imparting the knowledge of the Self. One of these hymns is the famous “Bhaja Govindam”. ‘Bhaja’ literally means ‘seek’, ‘Govindam’ means ‘the Lord’ ‘the Truth’. The learned masters, out of deep compassion try to wake...

This book is a graphic face-to-face account of encounters with unusual men and women the faith-healers, the flesh mortifiers, the mystics who materialise ash and honey, black magicians, yogis who stop their pulse and heart beat, death defiers who get buried alive and live to tell the tale, spiritual...

When the colonial slave trade, and then slavery itself, were abolished early in the 19th century, the British empire brazenly set up a new system of trade using Indian rather than African laborers. The new system of "indentured" labor was supposed to be different from slavery because the indenture,...

शाबर मंत्र विश्व के सर्वाधिक लोकप्रिय प्रचलित व सर्वमान्य मंत्र हैं, जो बोलचाल की विभिन्न भाषाओं में विश्व के प्रत्येक...

वैदिक विद्वानों के पास जो परंपरागत हस्तलिखित पुस्तकें हैं, वे उन्हें दूसरों को देते नहीं। ज्ञान का लोप हो रहा है।...

The 19th century was a pioneering age for vernacular texts in India. Vernacular writings became popular for making the 'first' interventions of their kind, written by Indians for Indians, and establishing new genres such as the biographical novel. The Subhedar's Son, an award-winning Marathi novel,...

Regina und Michael von Brück zeigen in ihrem neuen Buch, wie Rituale das Leben strukturieren und in einen größeren Sinnzusammenhang stellen. Während der letzten dreißig Jahre haben die Autoren immer wieder den Gnanananda Ashram in Indien besucht, an den dortigen Ritualen teilgenommen und Gespräche...

This is the second in a trilogy of works by the famed Bengali novelist Bankimcandra Chatterji (1838-1894), and the second to be translated by Julius Lipner. The first, Anandamath, or The Sacred Brotherhood was published by OUP in 2005. Bankim Chatterji was perhaps the foremost novelist and intellectual...

De la conquête de l’Inde par les Aryas sortit une des plus brillantes civilisations qu’ait connues la terre.  Le Gange et ses affluens virent naître de grands empires et d’immenses capitales, comme Ayodhya, Hastinapoura et Indrapechta.  Les récits...

Sri Ramcharitramanas - 5. Sundarkand by Tulsidasश्रीरामचरितमानस - सुन्दरकाण्ड - गोस्वामी तुलसीदास

ऋग्वेदः मण्डल ९Rig Veda Mandal 9 in original Sanskrit text