8,174円 James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millenn...

164円 According to Wikipedia: "The Dharmasutras are Sanskrit texts dealing with custom, rituals and law. They include the four surviving written works of the ancient Indian tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behavior recognized by a community. Unlike the later Dharmashastra, the dharma...

496円 The Atharva-Veda translated by Maurice Bloomfield When Agni, having entered the waters, burned, where the (gods) who uphold the order (of the universe) rendered homage (to Agni), there, they say, is thy origin on high: do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman! The present volume of translation...

10,943円 Can a state empower its citizens by classifying them? Or do reservation policies reinforce the very categories they are meant to eradicate? Indian reservation policies on government jobs, legislative seats and university admissions for disadvantaged groups, like affirmative action policies elsewh...

9,616円 First Published in 1990. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thought. Each book constitutes a detailed, critical introduction to the work of a philosopher of major influence and significance. Someone relatively new t...

496円 The Mahabharata, Book 4: Virata Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. Om! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and the goddess Saraswati also, must the word Jaya be uttered. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major text of Hin...

496円 Mahanirvana Tantra Translated by Arthur Avalon The best known of the Tantric scriptures. It was translated by Sir John Woodruffe (under the pseudonym 'Arthur Avalon'), one of the few Indologists to gain direct access to this obscure and secretive branch of Hinduism. Framed as a conversation betwe...

164円 Collection Of Asian Traditional People Volume 1 Asia is also the origin of many of the most important and ancient world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. A Journey In Southern Siberia :- The mythology and folklore of the Buriat Mongols of Siberia. An Inquiry Into ...

662円 This book presents a new and competent edition of the translation of the Bhagavad Gita ー an ancient Hindu monument of spiritual literature. The text is accompanied with commentaries. The book can be helpful for everyone aspiring to spiritual Perfection.

230円 "The Legend of Ponnivala" is a vast, ancient epic from the Kongu region of South India, where it is known as the "Annanmar Kathai" or "Elder Brothers' Story." It is the story of three generations of a farming family who through their exploits and the intercession of the Hindu gods rise to become ...

2,334円 The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the worldーas old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. There are few cities in India as traditionally...

760円 'When the wheel of sexual ecstasy is in full motion, there is no textbook at all, and no order.' The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. It is about the art of living - about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a cou...