Concept of Sarasvati (In Vedic Literature).
Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1977. iii + 128pp + x, index. Top edge foxed, spine lightly sunned, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217664. More
Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1977. iii + 128pp + x, index. Top edge foxed, spine lightly sunned, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217664. More
USA: Columbia University Press. 1974. ix + 143pp, chronological chart, glossary, index, foxing to dustjacket, minor wear and marking, a good copy. "Following an historical discussion of Hinduism as a religious and philosophical system and as a popular cult, Professor Ashby surveys its remarkable diversification in the nineteenth and twentieth..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1986. xiv + 257pp, glossary, bibliography, inscription front free endpaper, a good hardback copy in lightly worn dustjacket. In this comparative study of three modern religious movements, Lawrence A. Babb argues that thematic continuities exist between traditional Hinduism and its widely divergent modern expressions. When..... More
Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1976. Second Indian Reprint. xviii + 312pp. A prior owner's signature neatly penned front free endpaper, endpapers and edges little foxed, head and tail of dustjacket spine chipped with loss, dustjacket extremities rubbed, a good copy. Reprint of Harvard Oriental Series Vol. XXXI, consisting of Parts I...... More
Adyar. The Theosophical Publishing House. 1973. Sixth Edition. liii + 460pp, appendices, index. Free endpapers browned, edges and covers foxed, good hardback copy. Includes introduction with a brief outline of Sanskrit grammar, and footnotes and appendices on major variations, different interpretations, parallel passages from other world scriptures, and references for..... More
Madras. The Theosophical Publishing House. 1967. Second Adyar Edition. xii + 384pp, index, in stiff card covers. Text in English and Sanskrit. Top edge and preliminary leaves lightly foxed, upper corner creased, covers soiled, spine chipped, good. Reprint of the book by Annie Besant published in 1914-15. When referring to..... More
New Delhi. Manohar. 1992. 335pp, index, bibliography. Boards somewhat marked, dustjacket little worn, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175528. More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1972. Second Edition. 6 + 828pp, bibliography, index. Text in Hindi and English. Signature of a prior owner front free endpaper, worn dustjacket with closed tears, spine torn with loss, internally clean, still a good reading copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217894..... More
[Mumbai]. Shri Ram Batra. Black and white frontispiece portraits of Swamis Chinmayananda and Dayananda, 46pp. Upper edge little bumped, edges and wrappers little foxed, a good copy. Parallel text in Sanskrit/Devanagari, transcribed into the Latin alphabet and translated to English. 17.5 x 12cm. A guide to common mantras of the..... More
New Delhi. UBS Publishers' Distributors. 2002. xv + 201pp, 24.9 x 19cm. Light wear to cover and dustjacket, a very good copy. "The great soul that he was, Kabir epitomised the Oneness of God and the equality of mankind. He was a virulent critic of the absurdities of the caste..... More
Madras. The Christian Literature Society for India. (Circa 1911). Black and white illustrations, xiv + 187pp, bibliography, errata, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, endpapers and edges foxed, small bookseller's sticker upper paste down, upper cover lower corner bumped, spine a touch sunned, still good. First published in Oxford 1914..... More
Berkeley. Uni of California. 1988. First Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 333pp, index, bibliography, glossary, spine of dustjacket sunned, prior owner's name front free endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. "Unlike most other works on Hindu pilgrimage, Fruitful Journeys begins where the pilgrimmage itself begins: at..... More
London. King. 1935. Endpaper maps, 2 full page colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations, some foxing and browning throughout, dustjacket worn with masking tape repairs on the reverse, good copy. Discusses various aspects of Hindu life and customs including Hindu temples and their Gods, and Hindu states and their..... More
Delhi. B.R. Publishing. 1991. Black and white frontispiece portrait of the author, 427pp, notes, bibliography, index. Upper edge trifle foxed, boards and dustjacket little shelf worn, dustjacket spine faintly sunned, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 216224. More
Boston. Beacon Press. 1982. Colour plates and black and white illustrations, xviii + 414pp, notes, glossary, select bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. "The Divine Consort offers a unique exploration of the history and legacy of goddesses in Hinduism. Leading scholars present a many-sided analysis of Radha, Krishna's lover..... More
Sivanandanagar. Divine Life Society. 1965- 1978. A broken run of 103 issues (1 in duplicate, 102 different issues) of The Divine Life. All but one in original pictorial wrappers. A little light browning, wrappers generally in good condition with some small chips and creases. 23 x 18.4cm. The issues included..... More
Hollywood. Vedanta Press. 1980. Reprint of Second Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 337pp + index, bibliography, inscription half title, a good paperback copy. Biography of Ramakrishna, the famous mystic of 19th century India, whose school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishnam Mission. When referring to this..... More
New Delhi. Viking. 1991. xi + 92pp, notes, index, dustjacket little shelf worn, a good hardback copy. At the centre of this book is the story of 19th century Bengali mystic and Hindu saint Sri Ramkrishna. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179282. More
New York. Oxford University Press. (Circa 2021). Maps, xix + 312pp, notes, bibliography, index. Hardback in dustjacket, as new. "When Hindu devotional or bhakti traditions welcomed marginalized people - women, low castes, and Dalits - were they promoting social equality? In this book, Jon Keune deftly examines the root of..... More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1992. Foreword by S. J. Tambiah. Figures, xv + 306pp, index, references, notes, dustjacket patchily faded, inscribed by the author front free endpaper. Good hardback copy. "Stanley Kurtz's book is an imaginative, bold, tightly argued attempt [to] uncover childhood devilment patterns predicated on norms and..... More
Delhi. Oxford University Press. 1988. Second Impression, with Corrections. xii + 184pp, index, references, appendix, sunned dustjacket worn, corners bruised, still a good hardback copy. "This book is an invitation to the reader not to get carried away by the striking ideas of 'renunciation' and 'purity' which dominate the academic..... More
Calcutta. Advaita Ashrama. 1975. Fifth Edition. xxiii + 670pp, index. Text in English and Sanskrit. Edges a little marked, very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217909. More
Denpasar. Parisada Hindu Dharma. 1975. Single black & white plate, xii + 268pp, index. A prior owner's name neatly penned front free endpaper, endpapers little marked, blue cloth-covered boards trifle worn, overall a good copy. Text in Indonesian. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178469... More
New York. Dover Publications. 1969. Reprint. Translated by Georg Bühler. cxxxviii + 620pp, index. Upper edge somewhat foxed, paperback covers little worn, overall a good copy. Reprint of Vol. 25 of The Sacred Books of the East. When referring to this item please quote stockid 215842. More