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Encyclopedia of Indian
Philosophies
Volume XIII
Nyya-Vaieika Philosophy
from 1515 to 1660
SIBAJIBAN BHATTACHARYYA,
KARL H. POTTER, Eds.
T
he aim of this 28-volume Encyclopedia is to
present the contents of different streams of
Indian Philosophical texts citing experts on the
points that seem debatable. The volumes include
a Bibliography, a Glossary and treatments of Nyaya-
Vaisesika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva Mimamsa, various
Vedanta systems and certain philosophi-cally
important sects of Shaivism and Vaishnavism, as
well as Jaina and Buddhist philosophy.
In this volume the history of Nyaya-Vaisesika is
resumed from Volume VI of the Series and brought
up to the time of Gadadhara (ca. 1660). This is the
period of the great subcommentators (Jagadisa,
Delhi, 2011. 658p., gloss., index.
ISBN: 978-81-208-3512-2 1295 (HB)
Mathuranatha, Gada-
dhara) on Raghunatha
Siromanis Tattvacinta-
manididhita, the culmi-
nation of some of the
most intricate philoso-
phical analysis the
world has ever known.
Prof. Sibajiban Bhatta-
charyya has in his
extensive Introduction
provided a thorough
explanation of the basic
style and content of these subcommentators, along
with a readable account of many of the main topics
discussed in these works. His Introduction is
followed by analyses of some of the chapters of these
subcommentaries, provided by those few Indian
scholars of recent times able to command the
difficulties their interpretation poses. These
summaries can be consulted for an initial
acquaintance with the topics covered, free from
the intricacies of the subcommentaries.
MLBD Newsletter, April 2011
2
A Spiritual Guide to Heal
Your Chronic Pain
Backaches, Headaches, Shoulder
Pain, Arthritis and Fibromyalgia
DR. GREG FORS
I
n this comprehensive approach to healing from
the inside out, Dr. Fors dispels common
misconceptions about conventional and alternative
therapies and explains how the whole person must
be treatedbody, mind, and spirit. He prescribes
a triangle of healing, with practical, physical,
nutritional, and spiritual solutions. This science-
based alternative approach includes sound dietary
recommendations, use of supplements,
suggestions for healthy living, and proper
detoxification strategies for living in a toxic world.
Dr. Fors includes an entire section on self-
administered therapy for myofascial trigger points,
with diagrams and instructions relating to specific
pain conditions.
If you are one of the millions of walking
wounded who suffer with pain in your back, neck,
or extremities, or the all-over ache of fibromyalgia,
this comprehensive self-
care manual was written
specifically for you.
Perhaps the title caught
your eye because some-
one you love suffers
with chronic pain or you
are a health-care pro-
vider that must face
chronic pain disorders
in your practice every
day. Either way, this
book will be a valuable
reference guide to
help you heal your pain or assist others in healing
theirs.
This compassionate investigation into the multiple factors leading
to pain disorders and the conditions associated with them should
be a required reading for healthcare providers, patients with chronic
pain and their families. By making positive lifestyle changes, Fors
says, even patients who are suffering most severely will decrease
their pain.
Publishers Weekly
Delhi, 2011. xxxiii, 388p., notes, fig., index.
ISBN: 978-81-7822-356-8 695 (PB)
Delhi, 2010. x, 153p., glossary.
ISBN: 978-81-7822-371-1 195 (PB)
Deep Yoga
Ancient Wisdom for
Modern Times
BHAVA RAM
Y
oga and Ayurveda together show us how to
achieve health, happiness and well-being on
all levels of our lives. There is little else available
in health and spiritu-
ality which contains
such a complete under-
standing of the human
being and the greater
universe of conscious-
ness and bliss.
Ayurveda, the tradi-
tional natural medicine
of India and a sister
science with Yoga,
shows us how to balance
our energies on a
physical level, which it defines according to the
three biological humors or doshas of Vata, Pitta and
Kapha. Ayurveda teaches us the appropriate diet,
herbs, life-style and exercise for our unique
individual constitution and its ever-changing
conditions through the rhythms of time. It provides
us not only with the treatment of disease but with
disease prevention, the improvement of our energy
and rejuvenation.
The book reveals here deeper dimensions of
Yoga and inner healing that the author has worked
through his own vast array of life-experience. He
speaks to the subjects that matter most to all of us
and are relevant whatever our background or
aspirations, the main issues of health, happiness
and seeking something beyond temporary
pleasures and pains. Through the scope of his
writings is woven the teachings of Yoga and
Ayurveda and how they affect us at an individual
level.
His book is not a textbook or an attempt to pass on any particular
ideas or techniques. It is sharing of his own transformative life-
experience and the insight that he gained from it and which
continues to develop in his teachings.
DR. DAVID FRAWLEY in his Foreword
MLBD Newsletter, April 2011
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Agni
The Vedic Ritual of the
Fire Altar (2 Volumes)
FRITS STAAL
T
he larger Vedic rituals were primarily
dedicated to Agni and Soma. One of the most
elaborate of these ceremonies was called
Agnicayana, the piling of Agni, or, simply, Agni.
During its performance, a large altar in the shape
of a bird, dedicated to Agni was piled from more
than a thousand bricks.
The first volume contains a discussion of the
place of the Agnicayana in the Vedic Srauta tradition,
its textual loci, traditional and modern
interpretations of its origins and significance and
an overview of the Nambudiri Vedic tradition. The
bulk of the volume is devoted to a detailed
description of the 1975 twelve-day performance,
richly illustrated with tipped-in photographs,
mostly in colour, tables and maps.
The second volume contains contributions by
an international galaxy of scholars on archeology,
the pre-Vedic Indian background, geometry, ritual
vessels, music, mudras,
mimamsa, a survey of
srauta traditions in
recent times, the
influence of Vedic
ritual in the Homa
traditions of Indonesia,
Tibet, China, Japan and
related topics. There
are translations of the
relevant Srauta sutras of
Baudhayana (together
with Calands text) and
the Jaiminiya (with Bhavatratas commentary) as
well as the Kausitaki Brahmana.
Future generations will look with admiration on what has been
achieved here. With this epoch-making initiative, Frits Staal and
his collaborators have earned the gratitude of the history of
civilization.
KLAUS MYLIUS
Delhi, 2010 (reprint). xxxviii, 716p., 111 col. plates,
51 figs., with a CD (Vol. I); xviii, 832, 23 col. plates, 32
figs., 4 maps, with a CD (Vol. II).
ISBN: 978-81-208-1660-2 (Set) 5000 (HB)
Vedic Mathematics for
Schools (Book 1)
JAMES T. GLOVER
V
edic mathematics is a new and unique system
based on simple rules and principles which
enables mathematical problems of all kinds to be
solved easily and efficiently. The methods and
techniques are based on the pioneering work of
the late Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, Sankarcarya of
Puri, who established
the system from the
study of ancient Vedic
texts coupled with a
profound insight into
the natural processe of
mathematical reaso-
ning.
It is based on
sixteen principles
which lie behind short
rules of working, or
aphorisms, which are
easily remembered. In
the Vedic system these aphorisms are called sutras,
simple terse statements expressing rules,
definitions or governing principles.
This book should be taken as an introductory
volume. Many of the methods are developed
further at a later stage and so, in the present text, it
may not be apparent why a particular method is
being given. An important characteristic is that,
although there are general methods for
calculations and algebraic manipulations, there
are also methods for particular types of calculations.
For example, specifically in multiplying and
dividing numbers close to a base of ten, a hundred,
a thousand, etc. Where such particular methods
are introduced at an early stage it is because they
relate to more general aspects of the system at a
later stage or are simply very quick and easy ways to
obtain answers.
J.T. Glover...shows clearly that when the formulas are understood,
particularly in relation to one another, Vedic mathematics presents
unified mathematics.
JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH, Chennai, Vols. 71-73,
2000-2003
Delhi, 2011 (6
th
reprint). xii, 133p.
ISBN: 978-81-208-1318-2 125 (PB)
MLBD Newsletter, April 2011
4
That Compassionate
Touch of Ma
Anandamayee
NARAYAN CHAUDHURI
A
mong all the living Godmen of India or for
that matter even Godwomen, Ma Ananda-
mayee is the most shining diamond in the
luminous crown of contemporary Indian spiritual
life. Initially known as a strange village girl in what
was then East Bengal (now Bangladesh), She grew
up to be known as the miraculously compassionate
Mata AnandamayeeMother of Joy. Her acts of
love and compassion to those around as well as
away from Her have become almost a legend,
serving as a perennial source of faith in Her.
Those who have already come in contact with
Sri Anandamayee Ma seem never to tire of reading
or knowing more and more about Her. This desire
is more persistent among those who have merely
heard about Her but have not yet had the
opportunity of having her darshan. The number of
Mothers devotees is vast and ever-growing, and
they come from all walks
of life and from almost
all over the world.
Each incident of
this volume unmista-
kably shows the Mother
lives solely for Her
fellow-beings and for
helping and guiding
them to become pil-
grims on the Supreme
Path the Path that
leads to Self-realization,
to supreme ultimate God Itself. Indeed, She is
looked upon as an incarnation of unbounded
divine compassion.
...everything that this body says or does, its actions, movements, its
going hither and thither, is done for your sake whatever is done
for you by this body at any time, it is you who cause it to happen.
SHREE ANANDAMAYEE MA in reply to a devotees query
Delhi, 2010 (4
th
reprint). xii, 171p.
ISBN: 978-81-208-0210-0 195 (PB)
The Art of Personality
The Sufi Message
Volume III
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN
A
mong the many-sided teachings of Hazrat
Inayat Khan, the discussion of the problems
related to our everyday life occupy an important
place. Esotericism, spirituality and religious
practice counted very little for him in a person
who did not fulfil his duty towards his fellowmen
and himself. According to Inayat Khan a persons
main task and purpose
in life is to become
human, in the fullest
sense of the word, this
is why man has come on
earth and only after
having achieved this will
it be possible for him to
return with full consci-
ousness to the source
whence he had come.
In this third volume
of The Sufi Message of
Hazrat Inayat Khan a considerable part of the
mystics lectures and lessons on what might be
called social subjects have been collected. Thus
one will find in the first section Education, a series
of lectures where the upbringing of the child is
analysed from its infancy onwards.
In the second section Rasa Shastra, inspiring
views are expressed on lifes creative forces and
our sexual relationships.
The personality, however, is a work of art; it
develops and is moulded through love. This is
explained in the third section in a wonderful way
in Character-building and the Art of Personality.
The fourth section Moral Culture explains that
moral standards cannot be fixed once and forever,
neither culturally nor individually. An individual
may grow from one stage to the next thereby
changing attitudes and behaviour accordingly, thus
contributing to its own growth and improved social
relationships.
Delhi, 2011 (4
th
reprint). 269p., append.
ISBN: 978-81-208-0594-1 195 (PB)
MLBD Newsletter, April 2011
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Delhi, 2011. vi, 536p.
ISBN: 978-81-208-2497-3 445 (HB)
ISBN: 978-81-208-2498-0 245 (PB)
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Delhi, 2011. xvi, 136p.
ISBN: 978-81-208-2170-5 125 (PB)
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Delhi, 2011 (2
nd
rev. edn., 3
rd
reprint). xxix, 166p.
ISBN: 978-81-208-2102-6 145 (PB)
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The Muktevara Temple
in Bhubaneswar
WALTER SMITH
W
hile much of a general nature has been
written about the temple architecture of
Orissa, there have been until now few studies which
focus on a single Orissan temple. Yet such studies
are of great importance, not only in contributing
to an understanding of stylistic development, but
for the proper assessment of the unique formal
and iconographical features of a given monument.
This monograph will attempt to address both
the problems of formal development and symbolic
meaning in relation to the Muktesvara temple. It is
divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 is a review of
the literature on the Hindu temple in Orissa; it
places this study within its scholarly context, and
indicates the various approaches to the subject yet
to be taken. Chapter 2 takes into account the
historical and religious background. Chapter 3 is
a detailed description of the Muktesvara temple
and its sculptural program. Chapter 4 is an
interpretation of the
temple and its icono-
graphy. The sculpture
of the temple is seen as
constituting a cohesive,
unified program that
can be read at a variety
of levels, rather than as
a generalized arrange-
ment of various sculp-
tural motifs. The
Muktesvara temples
symbolic meaning can
be interpreted more
fully if a functional context is kept in mind. Chapter
5 presents a chronological sequence for temples
preceding, contemporary with, and following the
Muktesvara, tracing the development of the
mature style, and indicating the place of the
Muktesvara within this development. It establishes
the Muktesvara as the temple which makes shift
from earlier styles, also introducing various non-
Orissan elements which came to have a lasting
impact on the Orissan temple.
Delhi, 1994. xxi, 148p., 186 B/W plates, gloss., index.
ISBN: 978-81-208-0793-8 500 (HB)
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The Jain Philosophy
VIRCHAND GANDHI
KUMARPAL DESAI, Ed.
T
he present edition contains all the latest
information, besides giving a profile of the
multifaceted genius of Virchand Raghavji Gandhi
The collected speeches and writings vividly
bring him as a global citizen with universal
perspective, an outstanding Karmaveer as well as
Dharmaveer and above all he comes as a charming
personality with brilliant and lustrous face, well
chiseled physical bearing and eloquent voice.
His great moment of being ushered into the
global limelight was the historic first ever Parliament
of Worlds Religions at Chicago (U.S.A.) in 1893.
Mumbai, 2009. 288p., biblio.
200 (HB)
History & Culture of
Indian People
Ed. By R.C. MAJUMDAR
11 Vols.: 5475 (Set)
Vol. I- The Vedic Age
(upto 600 B.C.) 500
Vol. II- The Age of Imperial Unit
(600 B.C. to 320 A.D.) 500
Vol. III- The Classic Age
(320-750 A.D.) 400
Vol. IV- The Age of Imperial Kannauj
(750-1000 A.D.) 500
Vol. V- The Struggle for Empire
(1000-1300 A.D.) 500
Vol. VI- The Delhi Sultanate
(1300-1526 A.D.) 500
Vol. VII- The Moghul Empire
(1526-1707 A.D.) 550
Vol. VIII- The Maratha Supremacy
(1707-1818 A.D.) 500
Vol. IX- British Paramountacy and Indian
Renaissance (Part I: 1818-1905 A.D.) 500
Vol. X- British Paramountacy and India
Renaissance (Part II: 1818-1905 A.D.) 500
Vol. XI- Struggle for Freedom
(1905-1947 A.D.) 500
Vsudevrama
Yatidharmapraka
A Treatise on World Renunciation
Part I: Text; Part II: Translation
PATRICK OLIVELLE
W
orld renunciation was a well established
religious life-style during the time of the
Buddha. It must have been in existence for at least
a couple of centuries before that time; we find
allusions to it in the early Upanisads.
A close examination of the Text shows that it
consists of five main parts of varying lengths:
Preliminary discussion on renunciation [1-4],
Procedure of renunciation [5-21], Daily practices
of a renouncer [24-50, 54-59], Wandering and rain
residence [60-65], and Miscellaneous topics [66-72].
Two short sections, 22-23 and 51-53, are inserted
as appendices after Part Two and in the middle of
Part Three, respectively. The first appendix deals
with the period of study immediately following
renunciation. This discussion naturally follows that
on the procedure of renunciation, because the
latter ends with the new renouncer placing himself
under the guidance of a teacher.
Vienna, 1976. 139p. index (Pt. I); Vienna, 1977, 231p.,
index (Pt. II).
ISBN: 3-900271-02-X (Set in Two Parts) 2800 (HB)
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