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Notable Selections Hindu Mythology by W J Wilkins Myths and Legends of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita The Ramayana of Valmiki - Condensed & Transcreated from Sanskrit by P Lal Hindu Myths by Wendy O'Flaherty   7 Secrets of Vishnu by Devdutt Pattanaik (ProductID: 32044 ~ ISBN: 9789380658681 ~ Pub Year: 2011 ~ Pages: 219 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: West Land) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $19.95 USD It is significant that the stories of Vishnu rose to prominence after the rise of Buddhism. Prior to that, Hinduism was the religion of the elite-based complex rituals known as yagna and esoteric speculations captured in texts known as the Aranyakas and the Upanishads.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) 7 Secrets of Shiva by Devdutt Pattanaik (ProductID: 32045 ~ ISBN: 9789380658636 ~ Pub Year: 2011 ~ Pages: 221 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: West Land) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $19.95 USD This book is an interpretation of several aspects of Shiva worship, and it introduces its readers to seven secrets about Lord Shiva and his mystical appeal. Shiva, 'the destroyer' among the Hindu trinity (of gods), is depicted in many contradictory manners. He is an ascetic who wears animal skin, his body smeared with ashes. Contradictory to his wild nature, he is also depicted as having a family, with a beautiful wife and two children.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) 7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art by Devdutt Pattanaik (ProductID: 30961 ~ ISBN: 9788189975678 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 177 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Westland Books) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $24.95 USD Hindu mythology abounds with fascinating gods, goddesses and characters whose visual representations - through calendar art - are equally colourful. Hindu calendar art may seem fantastic and kitsch, but it is in fact the most democratic expression of a mythic imagery that was once restricted to temple walls and palm leaf manuscripts   (Explore Similar Items) The Ramayana by Maharshi Valmiki (ProductID: 31049 ~ ISBN: 9780670084180 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 696 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $55.00 USD Believed to have been composed by Valmiki sometime between the eighth and sixth centuries BC, the Ramayana tells the tragic and magical story of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, an incarnation of Lord Visnu, born to rid the earth of the terrible demon Ravana. Arshia Sattar’s translation makes this monumental ancient classic accessible to the present-day reader.   (Explore Similar Items) Vengeance of Ravana - Book Seven of the Ramayana by Ashok K Banker (ProductID: 30263 ~ ISBN: 9780143066996 ~ Pub Year: 2011 ~ Pages: 352 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $26.50 USD The original Ramayana was written three thousand years ago. Now, with breathtaking imagination and brilliant storytelling, Ashok Banker has recreated this epic tale for modern readers everywhere. Ravana is dead. The asura threat is ended. At last Rama is on the throne of Ayodhya, seeking only to live in peace with his beloved Sita.   (Explore Similar Items) The Mahabharata - Volume Three by Bibek Debroy (ProductID: 30580 ~ ISBN: 9780143100157 ~ Pub Year: 2011 ~ Pages: 648 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $49.95 USD This book is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. This volume completes the Vana Parva, the account of the Pandavas' sojourn in the forest. It details the dharma obtained from, and descriptions of, places of pilgrimage.   (Explore Similar Items) Mahabharata - Volume Two by Bibek Debroy (ProductID: 30214 ~ ISBN: 9780143100140 ~ Pub Year: 2010 ~ Pages: 528 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $47.50 USD Volume 2 consists of the last part of the Adi Parva, the complete Sabha Parva and the early part of the Vana Parva. The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandava that led to the battle in Kurukshetra.   (Explore Similar Items) Hindu Myths by A L Dallapiccola (ProductID: 29546 ~ ISBN: 9788125039488 ~ Pub Year: 2010 ~ Pages: 80 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Orient BlackSwan) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $17.00 USD Drawn from a variety of sources, most notably the encyclopaedic texts the Puranas, the myths mentioned in this book range from the early centuries A.D to the sixteenth century, conveying their enduring appeal and the religious teachings derived from them. This books contains 37 illustrations.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Jaya - An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata by Devdutt Pattanaik (ProductID: 29137 ~ ISBN: 9780143104254 ~ Pub Year: 2010 ~ Pages: 372 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $39.95 USD In this enthralling retelling of India’s greatest epic, the Mahabharata, originally known as Jaya, Devdutt Pattanaik seamlessly weaves into a single narrative plots from the Sanskrit classic as well as its many folk and regional variants. Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the 108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of the hundred Kauravas, the worship of Draupadi as a goddess in Tamil Nadu, the stories of Astika, Madhavi, Jaimini, Aravan and Barbareek, the Mahabharata version of the Shakuntalam and the Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on astronomical data.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) The Nasiketa Story (Nasiketopakhyana) by Amos Nevo (ProductID: 29224 ~ ISBN: 9788120834835 ~ Pub Year: 2010 ~ Pages: 322 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $49.95 USD This book is the first critical edition of a comprehensive Sanskrit version of the Nasiketa myth, with a full translation into English. The introduction presents a short analysis of the religious-philosophic ideas conveyed by the Naciketa story throughout the generations. It divides the Naciketa story corpus into three patterns, and leaves extensive scope for further research-literary, religious, philosophic, etc.   (Explore Similar Items) Bhavabhuti’s Uttararamacaritam - With English Translation, Critical and Explanatory Notes by Bhavabhuti (ProductID: 29288 ~ ISBN: 9788180901911 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 496 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $59.95 USD This book is about the later history of Rama which starts with his coronation after returning from Lanka. The book is divided in seven parts. Every part tells a story such as how people commence talking recklessly of Sita with reference to her stay in Lanka, meets Lava, and their battle, how Rama notices the battle from Puspaka, and how Valmiki comes to the rescue of the bewildered monarch. In short, the book explains every sloka with English translation and explanatory notes.   (Explore Similar Items) Rivers in Hindu Mythology and Ritual by S K Lal (ProductID: 29298 ~ ISBN: 8180901475 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 268 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $34.95 USD India is uniquely blessed with a large number of perennial rivers. Sanskrit literature is replete with vivid descriptions and perspicuous portrayals of rivers in India throughout her length are breadth. This book deals with the rivers as they are found in Sanskrit literature. The mythology woven around them, their ritual worship, and their relationship with gods and men have been detailed.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) A Study of Selected Puranic Legends by Siddheswar Jena (ProductID: 29303 ~ ISBN: 8180900177 ~ Pub Year: 2003 ~ Pages: 272 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $39.95 USD The Purana-texts are full of innumerable myths and legends. The study of Puranic legends is not only interesting but also amply rewarding.This work presents a critical analysis of some important Puranic legends. Since all the Purana-texts are not yet critically edited, one has to be very careful and cautious while dealing with the Puranic legends.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Krishna - Life and Song of Blue God by Ramesh Menon (ProductID: 29356 ~ ISBN: 9788129114747 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 271 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Rupa) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $24.95 USD This book is a magical, unexpurgated life of Krishna, told in a spirit of bhakti for the modern reader. The work opens on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, on the brink of war, when the Pandava warrior Arjuna suffers a crisis of courage and conscience.The story quickly shifts back to Krishna's birth, and then again to the battlefield; and so on, from song to life, chapter by chapter, until finally both narratives flow together near the end, just before the Great War erupts.   (Explore Similar Items) The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (ProductID: 29414 ~ ISBN: 9780330458535 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 361 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Picador India) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $32.50 USD This book takes us back to a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical; narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the five Pandava brothers, we are -- finally -- given a woman's take on the timeless tale that is the Mahabharata. The Palace of Illusions" is a deeply human novel about a woman born into a man's world -- a world of warriors, gods and the ever manipulating hands of fate.   (Explore Similar Items) Top Sellers The Mahabharata of Vyasa - Condensed from Sanskrit by P Lal An Introduction To Vyasa’s Mahabharata by P. Lal Next Items >>

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