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॥ दोहा Doha॥ श्री गुरु चरण सरोज रज, निज मन मुकुर सुधार। बरनउँ रघुवर बिमल जसु, जो दायक फल चारि॥ Shri Guru Charan Saroj Raj, Nij Man Mukuru Sudhaar। Barnau...

आजु सुदिन सुभ घरी सुहाई |रूप-सील-गुन-धाम राम नृप-भवन प्रगट भए आई ||अति पुनीत मधुमास, लगन-ग्रह-बार-जोग-समुदाई |हरषवन्त चर-अचर,...

The Bhagavad Gita has been chanted and read in homes and workplaces. Children and families love to recite it during festivals and gatherings. It is the discourse that instructs man to realign himself to his duty and responsibility. It is the scripture that creates a strong foundation for implicit...

The Institutes Of Vishnu Translated by Julius Jolly This Hindu law book contains descriptions of yogic practises, and a moving hymn to the Goddess Prajapati. The Vishnu-smriti or Vaishnava Dharmasâstra or Vishnu-sûtra is in the main a collection of ancient aphorisms on the sacred laws...

Fifty-four divine tales of Shiva in ancient IndiaYoung Throbbing with non-stop excitement, Shiva in the City of Nectar sweeps across Heaven, Earth and the Underworld, narrating the exploits of the mysterious and powerful blue-throated god. One after another, the tales unfold the follies of ancient devas,...

This year is the 1,000th birth anniversary of the famous Bhakti saint Śrī Rāmānujā. He lived for 120 years. He travelled the length and breadth of our vast country to preach his simple philosophy of loving God and surrendering to Him to attain liberation (moksha). This was not to be a preserve...

The Satapatha Brahmana, Part V 
by Julius Eggeling THE present volume completes the theoretic exposition of the sacrificial ceremonial, and thus brings us to the end of our task. The remaining six chapters of the last book of the Brâhmana form the so-called Brihad-âranyaka, or great forest-treatise,...

India is known as the land of Festivals. The "Festivals of India" series makes an effort to present the history and information about these festivals. Man of every religion resides in India, therefore, every festival from Christmas to Id to GuruPurab to Diwali is celebrated here. There are...

A celebrated Hindu pilgrimage site, Hardwar lies on the river Ganges at the edge of the Himalayas. Its identity as a holy place is inextricably tied to the mythology and reality of the Ganges, and traditional sources overwhelmingly stress this connection. Virtually nothing has been written about Hardwar's...

El Gita ha demostrado ser, durante cientos de generaciones, una de las obras más grandiosas. Nos revela, de manera sencilla, el misterio de la vida misma en nuestro carácter de seres humanos. El Gita. Un torrente de sabiduría, escrito de puño y letra por Sri Sathya Sai Baba, no es un mero...

Our ancient texts are a virtual treasure-trove of wise sayings, and teachings on correct living. And this book is an attempt to draw on this inexhaustible wealth. Here is a collection of Subhashitas (noble sayings in Sanskrit). These sayings reveal a simple, down-to-earth philosophy and convey important...

Though Freud never overtly refers to the Mahthe companion volume to Freud's India, Alf Hiltebeitel offers what he calls a "pointillist introduction" to a new theory about the Mah

The sharp contrast between cultures with a monotheistic paternal deity and those with pluralistic maternal deities is a theme of abiding interest in religious studies. Attempts to understand the implications of these two vast organizing principles for religious life lead to an overwhelmingly diverse...

The Satapatha Brahmana, Part IV 
by Julius Eggeling

 THE present volume completes the exposition of the Agnikayana, or construction of the sacred Fire-altar. Whilst to the general reader the section of the Brâhmana treating of this ceremony, and extending over no less than five of its...