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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
The major questions considered in this book are these: Are the Indo-Aryans outsiders or insiders? Did they migrate into India from Central Asia, and if not, where did they originate? Even more crucially, what is at stake in these accounts of ancient history? What issues of South Asian identity are involved? Can those of Indo-Aryan descent claim indigenous status? To what extent are the accounts of colonial historians valid? What is the role and authority of Indian scholarship in the post-colonial period? The scope and purpose of this volume is not to resolve this debate, but to survey the field and to include major figures from differing points of view, from archaeology and philology as well as political and intellectual history.
The major questions considered in this book are these: Are the Indo-Aryans outsiders or insiders? Did they migrate into India from Central Asia, and if not, where did they originate? Even more crucially, what is at stake in these accounts of ancient history? What issues of South Asian identity are involved? Can those of Indo-Aryan descent claim indigenous status? To what extent are the accounts of colonial historians valid? What is the role and authority of Indian scholarship in the post-colonial period? The scope and purpose of this volume is not to resolve this debate, but to survey the field and to include major figures from differing points of view, from archaeology and philology as well as political and intellectual history.
A landmark new translation and editionWritten almost two
millennia ago, Patanjali's work focuses on how to attain the direct
experience and realization of the "purusa" the innermost individual
self, or soul. As the classical treatise on the Hindu understanding
of mind and consciousness and on the technique of meditation, it
has exerted immense influence over the religious practices of
Hinduism in India and, more recently, in the West.
Edwin F. Bryant's translation is clear, direct, and exact. Each
sutra is presented as Sanskrit text, transliteration, and precise
English translation, and is followed by Bryant's authoritative
commentary, which is grounded in the classical understanding of
yoga and conveys the meaning and depth of the su-tras in a
user-friendly manner for a Western readership without compromising
scholarly rigor or traditional authenticity. In addition, Bryant
presents insights drawn from the primary traditional commentaries
on the sutras written over the last millennium and a half.
Western scholars have argued that Indian civilisation must have been the joint product of an invading "Indo-European" people - the "Indo-Aryan" - and indigenous non-Indo-European peoples. Although Indian scholars have consistently and vehemently rejected this European reconstruction of their country's history, Western scholarship has given little heed to their arguments. This book is a study of how various Indian scholars, over the course of a century or more, have rejected the idea of an external origin of the Indo Aryans by questioning the very logic, assumptions and methods upon which the theory is based. Inthe process, Bryant presents a complete exposition and analysis of views from within mainstream academic circles addressing the issue of Indo-Aryan origins.
Dancing and chanting with their shaven heads and saffron robes,
Hare Krishnas presented the most visible face of any of the eastern
religions transplanted to the West during the sixties and
seventies. Yet few people know much about them.
This comprehensive study includes more than twenty contributions
from members, ex-members, and academics who have followed the Hare
Krishna movement for years. Since the death of its founder, the
movement, also known as the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness (ISKCON), has experienced debates over the roles of
authority, heresy, and dissent, which have led to the development
of several splinter movements. There is a growing women's rights
movement and a highly publicized child abuse scandal. Providing a
privileged look at the people and issues shaping ISKCON, this
volume also offers insight into the complex factors surrounding the
emergence of religious traditions, including early Christianity, as
well as a glimpse of the original seeds and the germinating stages
of a religious tradition putting down roots in foreign soil.
The Beautiful Legend of God contains the tenth and most
significant book in the popular Indian epic Srimad Bhagavata
Purana, which is the principal source for the story of Krishna,
worshipped by many Hindus as the Supreme Being. Devoted to
Krishna's miraculous incarnation, this collection of sacred tales
recounts his childhood and adolescence in the forests of Vrindavan:
playing with his friends, dallying amorously with cowherd maidens,
and stealing butter to feed the monkeys. Krishna emerges from these
episodes as an immediately engaging figure, and the stories have
inspired generations of artists, musicians, poets, sculptors, and
dramatists. They also contain valuable insights into Hindu views on
such matters as creation, cosmography, and the history of the
subcontinent.First time in Penguin ClassicsKey text for students of
Hinduism, Eastern religions, and religious thoughtIncludes
introduction, glossary of Sanskrit terms, pronunciation guide, and
bibliograpy
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
Title: Voyage en Californie: description de son sol, de son climat,
de ses mines d'or.Author: Edwin BryantPublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04003000CollectionID:
CTRG02-B523PublicationDate: 18490101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: A translation of an abridgement of his "What I saw in
California" that was appended to Henry Vizetelly's "California:
four months among the gold-finders," here with certain
additions.Collation: x, 272 p., 1] fold. leaf of plates: map; 19 cm
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