Hinduism category: 1323 books
Temples of Modernity
Nationalism, Hinduism, and Transhumanism in South Indian Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Temples of Modernity uses ethnographic data to investigate the presence of religious ideas and practices in Indian science and engineering. Geraci shows 1) how the integration of religion, science and technology undergirds pre- and post-independence Indian nationalism, 2) that traditional icons and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations.
by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
The Mahabharata, Book 13: Anusasana 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...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Originally published as The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies, this Companion offers the definitive guide to Hinduism and study in this area. Now available in paperback, The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas...
The Bhagavad Gita
The Song of God Retold in Simplified English (The Essential Wisdom Library)
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God Retold in Simplified English is the latest title in the Essential Wisdom Library. This unique edition of the timeless epic is designed to be accessible for readers without any prior experience of Hinduism. Not simply a translation of the original, Viljoen has simplified...
The Dharma Method
7 Daily Steps to Spiritual Advancement
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A practical guide to simple daily techniques for rapid spiritual progress
• Explores 11 time-tested methods for spiritual advancement and how you only need to include 7 each day for spiritual growth and personal enlightenment
• Includes wisdom from spiritual masters from nearly every...
Rites of the God-King
Santi and Ritual Change in Early Hinduism
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Scholars of Vedic religion have long recognized the centrality of ritual categories to Indian thought. There have been few successful attempts, however, to bring the same systematic rigor of Vedic Scholarship to bear on later "Hindu" ritual. Excavating the deep history of a prominent ritual category...
by Abhay Charan das
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
This book is a collection of all Ekadashi Vrat Katha (Ekadashi Mahatmya) texts in 6 languages: English, Hindi, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Hungarian.These texts were taken from "Ekadashi Reminder" application for Android © 2012-2016 Abhay Charan das.More details about Ekadashi:Ekadashi...
Hindu Myth, Hindu History
Religion, Art, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Translated from the German, this is a major work of classical Indological scholarship. Drawing upon various sources and currents—folk, tribal, and the multilayered Sanskritic tradition—it offers major insights into the complex cultural history of Hindu religious traditions. Starting from the centuries...
by Louis Jacolliot
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Occult Science in India
By Louis Jacolliot
This book was written in the 1860s, when reliable information about Hinduism was just starting to filter back to the west. Jacolliot was searching for the roots of western esoteric traditions in the far East. The high point of this book is the travelogue...
by Sister Nivedita
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Kali the Mother
by Sister Nivedita
"Margaret E. Noble was an Irish woman who was converted to Hinduism by the noted Indian Guru Vivekananda during the Victorian era. Under the name Sister Nivedita she devoted her life to selflessly serving the poor of India, particularly women, in Calcutta,...
The Sacred Writings of the East - 5 Books in One Edition
The Light of Asia, The Essence of Buddhism, Bhagavad-Gita, Hindu Literature & Indian Spiritual Poems (Buddhism & Hinduism Collection)
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The Light of Asia, subtitled The Great Renunciation, is in a form of a narrative poem. The book endeavors to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who after attaining enlightenment became The Buddha, The Awakened One. The book presents his life, character, and philosophy, in a series...
by Arthur Avalon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
Hymn to Kali
by Arthur Avalon
"Kali is a Hindu goddess with a long and complex history in Hinduism. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence, while more complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role...
The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami
When Knowledge Meets Devotion
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
The Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition is famous for its depth of devotion to Krishna, the blue-hued Deity. Chaitanya Vaishnavas are known for having refined the practice and aesthetics of devotion into a sophisticated science. This imposing devotional edifice was constructed upon a solid foundation of...