Hinduism and Buddhism in perspective

Dahiya, Y.V.

ISBN: 9788121511797, 8121511798

A comparative study of Buddhism and Hinduism primarily based on Bhagavadgita and Suttantapitaka.

Hinduism and scientific quest

Iyengar, TRR (b.1962)

ISBN: 9788124600771, 8124600775

This book highlights how Hinduism of yore: both in its motivations and methodology, laid foundations of modern scientific quest.

Hinduism and the ethics of warfare in South Asia: from antiquity to the present

Roy, Kaushik

ISBN: 9781107043855, 1107043859

This book challenges the view, common among Western scholars, that precolonial India lacked a tradition of military philosophy. It traces the evolution of theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization, focusing on the debate between dharmayuddha (just war) and kutayuddha (unjust war) within Hindu philosophy.

Hinduism at the crossroads: A perennial heritage in search of followers

Bali, HN

ISBN: 9788186867433, 8186867430

Hindus: the blessed ones

Prasad, Ramanuj

ISBN: 9788176466516, 8176466514

An introductory book on the scriptures, gods and philosophy of Hinduism.

Hindutva parivar

Chitkara, MG

ISBN: 9788176484619, 817648461X

This work intends to explain the antiquity, and greatness of Hindutva, its underlying principles and philosophy and relevance in the present politically surcharged atmosphere of mutual distrust and animosity.

History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization: Vol.XIII Part 8, Science in India, ed. by JV Narlikar, Gen. ed. D.P. Chattopadhyaya

ISBN: 9788130912684, 8130912686

This work is to be completed in four volumes, and this volume deals with Astronomy, Astrology, Mathematics and the Physical world and covers developments from ancient to modern period including some on the advent of Islamic ideas into India and their interface with ancient Hindu systems of knowledge.

History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization, Vol.VII, Part 8: Zoroastrianism from antiquity to the modern period, ed. by Murzban Jal, Gen. ed. D.P. ........

ISBN: 9788187586579, 8187586575

.... Chattopadhyaya;;This book is an interdisciplinary work in the study of Zoroastrianism from its birth around three and half millennia back in ancient Iran to contemporary times. Challenging the now fashionable theme of the East/West divide, as also the infamous theory of the clash of civilizations, this volume initiates the theme of unified world culture where Iran was the bridge between In...

History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization, Vol.VII, Part 3: Hinduism-1, ed. by N.S.S. Raman, Gen. ed. D.P. Chattopadhyaya

ISBN: 9788187586616, 8187586613

In this volume 45 scholars representing various disciplines and in different professions, have come together to contribute 63 chapters on various colourful aspects of Hinduism covering historically a very wide area, from vedic religion to modern Hinduism. Topically they cover various basic concepts, textual studies, customs, rituals and legal institutions, studies of Hindu social organizations,...

History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization, Vol. VII, Part 4: Hinduism-II, ed. by N.S.S. Raman, Gen. ed. by D.P. Chattopadhyaya

ISBN: 9788187586630, 818758663X

History of science, philosophy & culture in Indian civilization, Vol.XVI, Part 2; History of Yoga, ed. by Satya Prakash Singh

ISBN: 9788187586449, 8187586443

Horizons of the self in Hindu: a study for the perplexed

Bilimoria, Purushottama

ISBN: 9788124608500, 8124608504

This modest study discusses the different conceptions of the self, and answers questions such as what is the self? and where does the self come from? How does the personal self retain its identify over time and space? In answering these questions it draws from the Vedic texts, Upanisads and the Vedanta system, especially Advaita (non-dualism).

Idealistic thought in Indian philosophy: rise and growth from the Vedic times to the Kevaladvita Vedanta up to Prakasananda of 16th cent., including as propounded in the Mahayana..

Divatia, Shuchita Chittaranjanbhai

ISBN: 9788124600214, 812460021X

...Buddhism.;;;Contents: (i) Idealistic thought in the veda and the upanisads (ii) Idealistic thought in the Brahma-Sutra (iii) Idealistic thought in the Madhyamika and the Vinanavade schools of Budhism (iv) Idealistic thought in the Yoga-Vasistha (v) Idealistic thought in the Gaudapadakarika (iv) Idealistic thought in the Vivekacudamani (vii) Idealistic thought in the Brahma-Sutra-Sankara-Bhas...

Sabdalaksanapramanyavimarsah, by N.S.R. Tatacharya

On Semantics and the process of word-generated knowledge in Hindu philosophy;

sarva darsana samgraha or review of the different systems of Hindu philosophy, tr. by E.B. Cowell et al

The

viii+16+122+601p., 25cm.

garland of letters: studies in the mantra-shastra

Woodroffe, John (Arthur Avalon)

ISBN: 9789359442730, 9359442739

Sir John Woodroffe, also recognized by the pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and intricate body of published works on the Tantras and various Hindu traditions played a pivotal role in sparking widespread interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga. In addition to serving as the Advocate-General of Bengal and holding the position of Legal Member in the Government of In...

Development of Hindu polity and political theories, with an intro. by Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya

524p., 23cm.

Sanatana Dharma: questions and answers on the essence of Hinduism

Das, Kripamoya

ISBN: 9780143468349, 0143468340

What is the relationship between Sanatana Dharma and Hinduism? How does a mantra work? How do I know who is a guru? Why are there two holy books, Shruti and Smriti? What is meditation, really? Why can't I remember my past life? These and many other questions are answered with clarity, simplicity and humour in this comprehensive guide to the essence of Hinduism. For fifty years, the author has t...

The Bhagvat-Geeta, or dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon in eighteen lectures with notes

Wilkins, Charles

ISBN: 9788121298155, 8121298156

Fraught with feelings of self-doubt and hopelessness, a great warrior collapses in self-defeat, posing questions for his charioteer, just before the immense battle begins on the plain of Kuruksetra. It is as if there was an interruption of the epic story of the Mahabharata, which pauses dramatically for the dialogue between teacher, Sri Krsna, and his disciple, Arjuna, which is known as the Bha...

Indian philosophy and religion: a reader's guide, USA, 1990

Padhi, Bibhu (b.1951) et al.

ISBN: 9788124601167, 812460116X

The book tries to capture India's fabulous philosophic genius, with comprehensive, at once objective account of all the six classical systems: the Nyaya, the Vaisesika, the Samkhya, the Yoga, the Purva Mimamsa, and the Vedanta; and, in addition, of the Carvakas: the crass materialists. Also unfolding a panorama of the Hindu pantheonic divinities, the authors present Jainism and Buddhism: both a...