Kabir and the Kabir Panth

G., H

Westcott

Munshiram Manoharlal

The Mirror of Gesture is the English translation of the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikesvara which was originally published with a Telugu interpretation by Madabhushi Tiruvenkatachari of Nidamangalam in 1874. The Abhinaya Darpana, according to Nandikesvara, who is a legendary figure, is an abridgement of the Bharatarnava, an exposition on the art of dancing. For those not acquainted with the Indian dramatic technique, it may be difficult to understand the importance of such texts. However, as Coomaraswamy has pointed out, this work may be of immense interest to the living actor in the European theatre and will not only be profitable for him "to adopt the actual gesture language of the East, but it may inspire him with the enthusiasm and the patience needful for the re-creation of the drama in his own environment." This book, which will serve as an introduction to the Indian dramatic technique and its essentials which imply not merely a thorough understanding of the nyaya, nrtta and nrtya but also the conditioning aesthetic qualities of rasa, bhava, etc. Indian acting and dancing, which are, in fact, dovetailed, possess a special hieratic significance and can be understood by a cultivated audience. In general, however, natya also corresponded to the common and collective need of the folk. To those interested in a study of Indian arts in general, the present manual is of great importance. Gesture, as a means of conveying and interpreting ideas extends beyond the stage into the domains of plastic art, painting and statuary. The mudra, an essential component of Indian acting or dancing, is of equally great importance in studying the graphic or sculptural representations.

Mirror of Gesture

Politics & Social Sciences

Ananda Coomaraswamy

Gopala K. Duggirala

Social Sciences

Hindu Iconography reflects fully the Hindu mind in its religious and social aspects. Its study enables one to understand the mysterious India in the varied facets of her life and culture. Iconography means not merely the mechanical description and identification of an image, but also a study of the various processes, mental and social, which lead to the growth of a cult or of a particular iconic type. The present book by a reputed Indian specialist views the subject of the Hindu Iconography from the evolutionary standpoint and can claim to be a pioneer and authoritative work in this respect. 
The author has carefully marshaled all kinds of data - literary, epigraphic, numismatic, glyphic and sculptural - and presents his materials and different problems in a systematic manner so as to build up a logical and coherent picture of Hindu Iconography in its wide and varied scope. A special feature of the book lies in a discussion of early iconographic types even before the systematization of this branch of knowledge in the ancient Hindu texts. First published in 1941, the present edition has been completely revised and enlarged so as to serve as the most authoritative guide and reference work on this interesting subject.

The Development of Hindu Iconography

Arts & Photography

Jitendra Nath Banerjee

Religious

Munshiram rep. hb. best available edition, very legible printing, good binding. classic reference work

A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English (English and Hindi Edition)

Reference

John T. Platts

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

The present work is a reprint of new edition of 1899 published by Clarendon Press, Oxford. It is greatly enlarged and improved work and has more than 180,000 words, about 60,000 more than the first edition. Besides being original it possesses four principal characteristics viz., scholarly accuracy; practical utility; lucidity of arrangement designed to set forth as clearly as possible the etymological structure of the language and its bearing on that of the cognate languages of Europe; and, completeness and comprehensiveness to the fullest extent attainable. This volume offers to students of both Sanskrit and Comparative Philology a complete and useful one-volumed Sanskrit-English Dictionary.

Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages (English and Sanskrit Edition)

M. Monier-Williams

The first part of the book traces the history of Indian music and the continuity of its theory and practice for more than two thousand years. It is based on many years' research into the vast ancient Sanskrit literature of music. These valuable technical treatises, which lie in the form of scarcely catalogued manuscripts throughout the public and private libraries of India, had hitherto remained unemplored. Part Two transcribes and studies in detail 50 typical Raga-s. Each is preceded by a Sanskrit poem in translation which depicts the atmosphere; then follows an analysis of the scale, covering its intervals and expression, a study of the theme with its characteristic motives and finally a typical development. The present work is based on the author's two-volume Northern Indian Music published in London (but not America) some ten years ago, but long out of print and much sought after by students. It was described by Colin Mason in the Manchester Guardian as "of immense value to any practical musician" and "an invaluable addition to the very scanty literature of fascinating and neglected subject". This new version contains a number of additional Raga-s; the earlier text has been extensively revised and many music examples redrawn for greater clarity and accuracy. Some abridgement has taken place, but only of material which appeared originally for the benefit of Indian readers unfamiliar with Western staff notation, those able to read Sanskrit, and specialists in Sanskrit literature. The book provides modern composers outside India with a source of new inspiration and enables practising musicians to play and study some of the endlessly variegated modes for which Indian music is unique.

Ragas of Northern Indian Music

Alain Daniélou

The Yajurveda contains hymns taken from the older Rigveda and prose passages which are new. The hymns display considerable deviation from the original Rigvedic text. It has two samhitas; these are Taittiriya Samhita and Vajasaneya Samhita, popularly known as Black and White Yajur respectively. This translation is based upon Swami Dayanand's interpretation. The translator has provided references in the footnotes to the different views of other scholars. It also includes an introduction and index.

Yajurveda (Sanskrit Text with English Translation) (Sanskrit Edition)

Devi Chand

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Early Indian Coins and Currency System

S. K. Maity

Language: English Translation of with Sanskrit Text, Translation, Word-Boundary, Anuvrtti, Vrtti, Explanatory Notes, Derivational History of Examples and Indic Pages: 560 From the Jacket: This volume of Astadhyayi of Panini contains the English translation of the first adhyaya. It includes Sanskrit text of the sutra and their transliteration, word-boundaries with marked inflectional endings and compound-formation, anuvrtti, vrtti, examples, detailed explanatory notes, and complete derivational history of example forms cited by the Kasikavrtti. Explanatory notes are presented of facilitate proper understanding of the sutra, especially in relation to their formulation, interpretation, application and relative placement. An attempt has been made to sort out pertinent issues and explain them with reference to major commentaries. The appendix contains over 800 examples along with their complete derivational history and discussion relevant to the Paninian grammatical system. This volume is published as second volume of the planned six-volume study. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of this series will cover the sutras of adhyayas two-three, four-five, six and seven-eight respectively. about the Author: Rama Nath Sharma is Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. (1971) in General Linguistics from the University of Rochester where he also taught Linguistics for five years. His research interest includes grammatical theory in general, and Panini and the Indian grammatical tradition, in particular. CONTENTS Preface ix Abbreviations xiii Sivasutra 1 Adhyaya One 5 Appendix

The Astadhyayi of Panini Vol. II English Translation of Adhyaya One with Sanskrit Text, Translation, Word Boundary...

Rama Nath Sharma

The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, on the basis of its order, style and theme belongs to the genre of Mahapuranas, in spite of its exclusion from the original list of the Mahapuranas. It is to the Saktas what Srimad Devi Bhagavatam is to Vaisnavas. Opinions about the date of its composition vary; however it can be safely said that it attained its present shape sometime during the eleventh century AD. Its ideas trace source from all the major works of ancient India-the Vedas, the Epics and the Puranas. The translation of the voluminous text of the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam by Swami Vijnanananda is a landmark in the translation of ancient texts. This shall prove to be an invaluable boon to the students of ancient Indian history and to those interested in the study of Saktism and Tantrism in particular

The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam (2 Parts)

Philosophy

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