Barlingay examines the development of the rasa theory by various authorities on art and aesthetics and finally presents his own critical understanding of it The volume begins with a survey of the history of Indian art by examining painstakingly the relation between art and beauty, perception of time and space in art, and classification of arts. It then plunges into a detailed study of origin and development of rasa theory: from rasa in the Vedas and Upanishads to Bharata's rasa theory and perspectives of Abhinavagupta, Bhattatauta, Bhatta Lollata, Kuntaka, Dandin, Mammata, Vamana, Rudrata, Vishvanatha, Bhamaha, Jagannatha and others who enriched it further with their own theories.

It explains how principles were employed and re-employed by the masters to reveal various meanings, inter-relationships, symbols, and perceptions of art. It highlights the salient features of each master's unique manner of interpretation of art concepts.

The work is a must for scholars and students keen to study the fundamentals of concept and theory of Indian art, particularly with reference to drama and poetics. * (less)

It would be like hearing Christopher Columbus on the New World.Hawking presents a series of seven lec-tures--covering everything from big bang to black holes to string theory--that capture not only the brilliance of Hawking's mind but his characteristic wit as well.

Of his research on black holes, which absorbed him for more than a decade, he says, "It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar."Hawking begins with a history of ideas about the universe, from Aristotle's determination that the Earth is round to Hubble's discovery, over 2000 years later, that the universe is epanding.

Using that as a launching pad, he eplores the reaches of modern physics, including theories (less)

Till just a few decades ago, much of the world was carved into empires. By the mid twentieth century independent countries had emerged from these, but even after years of political liberation, cultural freedom has eluded formerly colonized nations like India (less)

1. Indian concept of Rasa and Coleridge.

2. The sentiment of wonder and its application to Coleridge’s narrative poems.

3. The sentiment of terror and its application to Coleridge’s narrative poems.

4. The sentiment of pathos and its application to Coleridge’s narrative poems.

5. The other sentiments and their application to Coleridge’s narrative poems.

6. Summary.

Bibliography. Appendix.

Index. "Samuel Taylor Coleridge has been universally acclaimed as the most celebrated mystic poet in the realm of English poetry.

His super art in creating dreadful, terrific and pathetic situations on extremely supernatural canvas is so marvelous that it enables the readers to undergo the same tremor of art as is evinced in his mystic poems. While studying Coleridge’s poems, it was revealed that they cover a vast vista of human sentiments laid down by the great sage Bharata in his celebrated Natya Shastra.

Thus, it has been endeavoured to analyse and illustrate them (less)

The fundamentals of Mendelism. 2.

Modifications of the chromosome cycle: i. Chromosome cycles.

ii. Apomixis.

iii. The theory of polyploids.

3. The behaviour of individual chromosomes: i.

Sex chromosomes. ii.

Non-disjunction. 4.

The linear differentiation of the chromosomes: i. Crossing-over.

ii. Translocation.

5. The mechanics of the chromosomes.

II. Genetics and development: 6.

Genes and development. 7.

The interaction of genes: the effects. 8.

Gene controlled processes. 9.

The genetic control of pattern. 10.

Sex determination: i. Gamete sexuality.

ii. Gamophase and zygophase sexuality.

iii. Zygophase sexuality.

iv. The theory of sexuality.

III. Genetics and evolution: 11.

Processes of evolution. 12.

The genetic nature of taxonomic differences: i. Chromosome differences.

ii. Cytoplasmic differences.

13. Evolutionary mechanisms.

IV. Genetics and human affairs: 14.

Animal and plant breeding. 15.

Human genetics: i. The methods of human genetics.

ii. The genetic structure of human populations.

V. The nature of the gene: 16.

The (less)

This study also covers the constitutions of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, Switzerland, China, Japan and India. The salient features of each and every constitution mentioed above have treated in a suitable manner.

The political parties of those countries have been studied at the end of every chapter. This book will surely be useful not only for the students but also for the candidates of all competitive examinations (less)

2. Recurrence relations.

3. The principle of inclusion and exclusion.

4. Matrices and graphs.

5. Trees.

6. Mobius inversion and graph colouring.

7. Enumeration under group action.

8. Matching theory.

9. Block designs.

10. Planar graphs.

11. Edges and cycles.

12. Regular graphs.

13. Hints.

Bibliography. Index.

"The concept of a graph is fundamental in mathematics since it conveniently encodes diverse relations and facilitates combinatorial analysis of many complicated counting problems. In this book, we have traced the origins of graph theory from its humble beginnings in recreational mathematics to its modern setting for modeling communication networks, as is evidenced by the World Wide Web graph used by many internet search engines.

This book is an introduction to graph theory and combinatorial analysis. It is based on courses given by the second author at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada between 2002 and 2008.

The courses were aimed (less)

The Indian economy is already the fourth largest in terms of purchasing power parity. It is in the top ten overall GNP.

Yet at least 200 million Indians remain desperately poor. Illiteracy rates are high.

Communal violence is widespread; corruption endemic. Brides are still tortured and burnt for dowries; female infanticide is common.

The caste system has lost little of its power and none of its brutality. How are we to make sense of these apparently contradictory pictures of India today? (less)

It tries to search for knowledge of himself, the world and God, and describes the Indian way of life as we know it. Indian philosophy denotes the philosophical speculations of all Indian thinkers, ancient or modern, Hindus or non-Hindus, theists or atheists.

Some believe 'Indian philosophy' to be synonymous with 'Hindu philosophy', however, this would be true only if the word 'Hindu' were taken in the geographical sense of 'Indian'. But if 'Hindu' means the followers of a particular religious faith known as Hinduism, the supposition would be wrong and misleading.

The authors have, with considerable merit, highlighted the significance of Indian views in terms of modern Western (less)

It would be like hearing Christopher Columbus on the New World.Hawking presents a series of seven lec-tures--covering everything from big bang to black holes to string theory--that capture not only the brilliance of Hawking's mind but his characteristic wit as well.

Of his research on black holes, which absorbed him for more than a decade, he says, "It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar."Hawking begins with a history of ideas about the universe, from Aristotle's determination that the Earth is round to Hubble's discovery, over 2000 years later, that the universe is epanding.

Using that as a launching pad, he eplores the reaches of modern physics, including theories (less)

Introduction. 1.

Indian medicine across the centuries: i. From the origins to the Birth of Ayurveda.

ii. The period of the Great Medical Corpuses.

iii. The development of Ayurveda.

iv. Siddha Medicine and Greco-Arab medicine.

v. The spread of Ayurveda.

vi. Western medicine and Indian medicine.

vii. The revival of traditional medicines.

2. The conceptual foundations of Indian medicine: i.

Philosophical foundations of Ayurveda. ii.

Knowledge of anatomy. iii.

Representations of the vital functions. iv.

Psychological conceptions. v.

Diseases and pathology. vi.

Diagnosis and prognosis. 3.

Preventive medicine: i. Hygiene and life style.

ii. Yoga and remedial gymnastics.

iii. Food and dietetics.

iv. Tonics and Aphrodisiacs.

v. The preventive application of massages.

4. Therapeutic methods: i.

The "Pancakarman" Therapy. ii.

Drugs of natural origin. iii.

Surgical treatments. iv.

Psychiatric treatments. v.

Chemical Therapy. vi.

Diet. vii.

Popular practices. viii.

Veterinary medicine. 5.

The medical profession: i. The medical establishment (less)

Modern Indian Theatre brings together critical essays, excerpts, and theoretical and political statements that reflect upon the changing visions for theatre since the late nineteenth century. Representing a wide spectrum of perspectives including those of playwrights-directors themselves, important voices in theatre criticism and history, practice, and direction, the articles reveal the multifaceted, hybrid, and contested formations of modern Indian theatre.

The writings address questions relating to theatre’s negotiation with issues of class, caste, and gender; the ways in which ‘nation’ came to be imagined at critical historical moments; the response of drama to the emergence and domination of mass media, and the proliferation and influence of Western media in India; and the role of (less)

V. Rajamannar.

Inaugural address/S. Radhakrishnan.

Speech of the seminar director/Sachin Sen Gupta. 1.

Sanskrit drama and performance/V. Raghavan.

2. Assamese theatre/Chandra Kant Phookan.

3. Manipuri Drama and theatre/M.

Bira Singh and H. Romain Singh.

4. Bengali drama and theatre/Amar Mukerjee.

5. The plays of Tagore/Lila Ray.

6. The professional theatre in Bengal/Ahindra Chowdhuri.

7. The growth of Oriya drama and theatre/Kalindi Charan Panigrahi.

8. Drama and theatre in Orissa/Mayadhar Mansinha.

9. Hindi drama/J.

C. Mathur.

10. Hindi folk drama/Suresh Awasthi.

11. Punjabi drama and theatre: some trends and experiences/Snehlata Sanyal, and Sheila Bhatia.

12. Urdu drama/M.

Mujeeb. 13.

Bhavai: the Gujarati folk drama/Dina Pathak. 14.

A hundred years of Gujarati drama and theatre/Chandravadan C. Mehta.

15. Marathi theatre/Mama Warerkar.

16. Kannada drama and theatre/Adya Rangacharya.

17. The professional theatre in the western region/K.

Narain Kale. 18.

Malayalam drama and theatre/K.M.

George. 19.

The growth of drama in Tamil Nadu/T.K.

Shanmugam. 20.

Telugu (less)

1. A Great Age in Fine arts.

2. Rhythm in the Vaisnava music of Assam.

3. Bargita: The Vaisnava Music of Assam.

4. An Anthology of Bargits and Verses.

5. An Old Assamese work on timing in Music.

6. Three Sangita work found in Assam.

7. Theatrical Traditions in Assam.

8. Assamese Drama and Theatre.

9. Bhaona: The ritual play of Assam.

10. Barechahariya Bhaona: A Drama-Fair of Assam.

11. Medieval Dance-Dramas of Assam and other parts of India.

12. A new Genre of Drama.

13. Once in the Radio.

14. A classical Indian Dance Literature-The Hastamuktavali of Subhankara.

15. Classical Dance tradition in Assam and Sattriya Dances.

16. The Deogharar Nati or Devdasi Style.

17. The Indian Ballet.

18. The God’s Pleasure Dance of Manipur.

19. The Art of Manuscript Preparation and illumination.

20. The So-called Mughal Headger in Art and its use in Assam.

21. The Art of Painting in (less)

Philosophical aesthetics: approaches and concepts. 2.

Of artistic expression. 3.

Form in art. 4.

Aesthetic predicates. 5.

The knitwork of musical form. 6.

Conclusion. Appendix: Linear diagrams of the form of some Tanas Maps.

Glossary. Bibliography.

Index. "With its roots in the Samaveda (which treats it as a "divine art"), music in India has a long, splendid tradition.

Over the centuries, it has absorbed fresh influences and experimented with new forms to finally evolve into two meticulously codified classical systems: Hindustani and Carnatic. In today’s growing library of writings on Hindustani music, Anjali Mittal’s research is yet another valuable addition adopting, as it does, a viewpoint which has been neglected so far, namely, the viewpoint of contemporary western aesthetics.

It is for the first time that this monograph examines the concept of form in Hindustani classical music. In this context, analytic attention has been focussed on some select compositions in dhrupada, dhamar, (less)

Introduction. 2.

Indus characters through the ages. 3.

Brahmi used as a bridge to decipher Indus legends. 4.

Relation between the Indus script and Semitic alphabet. 5.

Antiquity of the Brahmi script. 6.

Introduction and evolution of Brahmi letters. 7.

Creation of vowels and later consonants. 8.

Evolution chart of Brahmi letters. 9.

Summary sequences. Select bibliography.

Index. "Inscriptions have been discovered from Indus culture areas, belonging to the intervening centuries between the eclipse of this culture and the appearance of Asokan edicts.

The author analyses them and shows a distinct continuity of evolution of the characters from Indus to Brahmi script in the lapse of 2000 BC to 500 BC. Phonetics of Brahmi characters have been successfully used by Professor B.

B. Chakravorty as bridges to decipher Indus legends.

Similarly, Dr. S.

R. Rao has used the phonetics of a majority of Semitic characters similar in shape to the Indus pictograms and obtained (less)

Stylistics and the interpretation of literature. 2.

The basic assumptions of stylistics. 3.

Stylistic features. 4.

Appreciating poetry. 5.

Stylistic analysis of extracts from a short story. 6.

Stylistic analysis of a short story. 7.

Analysing drama texts. 8.

English in Indian newspapers: a stylistic analysis. Appendix.

Bibliography. Index.

"This book presents a lucid and accessible introduction to stylistics and provides a clear, broad-based and methodological stylistic analysis of various literary as well as non-literary texts. Though the book is primarily meant for students interested in the theory and practice of stylistics, the methodological approach of the book with plenty of examples drawn from different genres will also benefit researchers working in the fields of stylistics, semiotics and literary studies.

Adopting a user-friendly approach, the author has discussed the role of stylistics in understanding the relationship between language and its creative and communicative functions. A number of poems, short stories and dramatic (less)