Introduction. I.

Adhvara Kanda: Chapter 1: 1. Brahmana I.

Agnistoma--Construction of Yagasala; restrictions enjoined on the Yajamana to be initiated. 2.

Brahmana II. Agnistoma--Process of initiation or diksa, starting with shaving.

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Chapter 2: 1. Brahmana I.

Agnistoma--Krsnajina or black antelope's skin; Mekhala or waistband of Munja grass as symbols of diksa; tying of the horn of antelope. 2.

Brahmana II. Agnistoma--Rules governing the movements and routine of the Yajamana.

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. Chapter 3: 1.

Brahmana I, II, III. Agnistoma--Purchasing of soma plants.

2. Brahmana IV.

Agnistoma--Bringing the soma plant to the Yagasala. Chapter 4: 1.

Brahmana I, II, III. Agnistoma--Atithyesti, Pravargya, Tanunaptra or oath-taking by touching ghee by the Rtviks and Yajamana for mutual cooperation.

2. Brahmana IV.

Agnistoma--Upasad Istis. Chapter 5: 1.

Brahmana I. Agnistoma--Making of the vedi for Soma; measurement of the high altar.

2. Brahmana II.

Agnistoma--Sprinkling the vedis with special chants, enclosing the vedi with Palasa Sticks..

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Introduction: 1. Structure.

2. Habits.

3. Zoo-geography.

4. Evolution and classification.

5. Preservation and examination of specimens.

6. Descriptive methods, etc.

7. Bibliography to introduction.

I. Serpentes.

II. Map of the Indian and Indo-Chinese hill districts.

III. Addendum.

IV. Note on the hardwicke collection.

V. Note on Russell's Indian serpents.

Bibliography. Alphabetical index.

Folding map of India and Ceylon. From the author's preface: "This volume was completed five years ago, but the difficulties of publication due to the war have delayed its appearance until now.

Fortunately, very little has been added to our knowledge of Indian snakes in the intervening years, and what has been written that is of value has been incorporated in the book during its progress through the printer's hands. "The general plan and scope of the volume are the same as before, and an account of the regions dealt with and the geographical divisions, will be (less)

1. Introduction to Accounting.

2. Double Entry Bookkeeping – Part A: 3.

Double Entry Bookkeeping – Part B: 4. Petty Cash Books.

5. Business Documents.

6. Books of Prime Entry.

7. Final Accounts – Part A.

8. Final Accounts – Part B.

9. Accounting Rules.

10. Accruals and Prepayments.

11. Depreciation and Disposal of Fixed Assets.

12. Bad Debts and Provisions for Doubtful Debts.

13. Bank Reconciliation Statements.

14. Journal Entries and Correction of Errors.

15. Control Accounts.

16. Incomplete Records.

17. Accounts of Clubs and Societies.

18. Partnership Accounts – Part A.

19. Partnership Accounts – Part B.

20. Accounts of Manufacturing Businesses.

21. Departmental Accounts.

22. Limited Company Accounts.

23. Analysis and Interpretation.

24. Payroll Accounting.

25. The Role of Information Technology and Professional Ethics.

Appendix : New Terminology. Answers to Review Questions.

Index. "This new textbook endorsed by University of Cambridge International Examinations has been written as per the (less)

1. In search of solutions: aged and elderly in Arunachal Pradesh/R.

M. Pant.

2. Problems of aged and elderly indigenous communities of North East India with a special reference to Arunachal Pradesh/Pradeep Kumar.

3. Ageing and psycho-social development/P.

Parida. 4.

A socio-economic study on aged persons in Arunachal Pradesh/B.D.

Nayak and Shipra Sarkar. 5.

Problems of the aged in Arunachal Pradesh: reflections/Tado Karlo. 6.

Ageing population in Arunachal Pradesh: a comparative study/R.P.

Bhattacharjee. 7.

The problems of aged and elderly in indigenous communities of Arunachal Pradesh/S.J.

Neethirajan and D.S.

Sworna Latha. 8.

Globalization and future of ageing in an indigenous society/Pratul Joshi. 9.

Globalization, the traditional Arunachalee identity and the psycho-social gap of the aged and the elderly/Raju Barthakur. 10.

Welfare schemes for the aged: scenario in Arunachal Pradesh/R.P.

Bhattacharjee and R.M.

Pant. 11.

Participation of aged persons in agriculture: an overview of Arunachal Pradesh/G.V.

Prasanna Kumar. Index.

"Though traditionally elderly were respected (less)

Introduction. 1.

Nature and justification of biomedical ethics. 2.

Some more problems in biomedical ethics. 3.

Ethical issues in care. 4.

Ethical issues in donation, banking and transplantation of biological materials. 5.

Intersubjective corroboration and the ethic of the beginning and end of life. 6.

Conclusion. Bibliography.

Index. "The series on Practical and Professional Ethics is an outcome of major research project funded by the U.

G.C.

in which the task of resolving some value-laden practical problems troubling the professionals and the non-professionals in India was undertaken. Apart from clarifying the nature, tasks and interrelation of practical and professional ethics, volume one considers five categories of ethical or value-laden practical problems such as environmental, biomedical, educational, economic and business and socio-political ethics.

And their resolutions have been explained in volumes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively. This volume deals with the ethical issues in biology and medicine.

Describing the nature and (less)

54. (Raama) goes to Bharadhwaja's hermitage.

55. They cross Yamuna river.

56. (Raama) goes to Chithrakoot.

57. Sumanthra enters Ayodhya.

58. (Sumanthra) conveys Raama's message (to Dhascharatha).

59. Dhascharatha wails.

60. Sumanthra consoles Kowsalya.

61. (Kowsalya) rebukes Dhascharatha.

62. Dhascharatha consoles Kowsalya.

63. (Dhascharatha'a anecdote): his killing of a son of a Muni.

64. King Dhascharatha dies.

65. The royal ladies cry.

66. Preserving the body of Dhascharatha in herbal oil.

67. The suffering of a kingless kingdom.

68. Messengers sent to Fetch Bharatha.

69. Bharatha's bad dream.

70. Bharatha rushes back (to Ayodhya).

71. Bharatha enters (city of Ayodhya).

72. Bharatha wails.

73. Bharatha censures his mother Kaikeyi.

74. (Bharatha) condemns (his mother) Kaikeyi.

75. Bharatha vows (to bring back Raama).

76. Last rites of Dhascharatha performed.

77. Bharatha and Schathrugna lament.

78. Schathrugna attacks Manthara.

79. (Bharatha) orders preparation for journey.

80. Preparation of the route (towards (less)

Composers--Non-Trinity: 1. Annai-Ayya.

2. Bhadracala Ramadas.

3. Melattur Venkatarama Sastri.

4. Melattur Venkatarama Sastri.

5. Sri Narayana Tirtha.

6. Tirtha Narayana.

7. The Parijataharana Nataka of Narayana Tirtha.

8. Sadasiva Brahmendra.

9. Sadasiva Brahmendra.

10. Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra's Atmavidyavilasa.

11. Mysore Sadasiva Rao.

12. Some more songs of Mysore Sadasiva Rao.

13. Sri Subbarama Diksitar and his Sangita Sampradaya Pradarsini.

14. Sri Svati Tirunal and His literary eminence.

15. Maharajah Sri Svati Tirunal, devotee, poet and composer.

16. Upanisad Brahma Yogin, his life, works and contribution to Carnatic Music.

17. Walajapet Sri Venkataramana Bhagavatar.

18. Venkatadri Swami.

19. Sri Arunagirinatha.

20. Andal and Her Hymns.

21. Gopala Nayak and Amir Khusrau.

22. Kasturi-Rangayya.

23. Maharaja Sri Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar.

II. Instruments: 1.

Some early references to musical ragas and instruments. 2.

Music instruments in a Nepalese Buddhist Tantra Manuscript. 3.

The Vina. 4.

Nagasvara or Nadasvara? I and II. 5.

An inseparable adjunct (less)

The plants in general, trees and shrubs in particular, many of which are of horticultural importance are friendly to environment, contributing enormously for sustaining life on the Earth by releasing oxygen, reducing the level of carbon dioxide and industrial gases that cause air-pollution and global warming, minimizing erosion, maintaining soil fertility, encouraging recreation, etc. resulting in a better environment for a better life.

The cultivation practices of large number of horticultural (less)

1. Role of insects and their taxonomy in agrobiodiversity--retrospect and prospects/V.

V. Ramamurthy.

2. Insect biodiversity/R.

M. Nachiappan and V.

Selvanarayanan. 3.

Biodiversity of green lacewing, a potential predator/M. Swamiappan, V.

Balasubramani, B. Geetha, D.

Mohana and H.L.

Chandrakumar. 4.

Dimensions of biodiversity in whiteflies (Aleyrodidae : Hemiptera)/R.W.

Alexander Jesudasan. 5.

Biodiversity of woolly Aphid and natural enemies in sugarcane ecosystem in Tamil Nadu/A. Thirumurugan, T.

L. Baskaran and K.

Koodalingam. 6.

Coccid diversity in India/S. Suresh.

7. Plant and insect diversity patterns in Cardamom plantations vis-a-vis natural forests: an assessment in the Nelliyampathy Hills, Kerala, India/George Mathew.

8. Lac insects diversity/Bangali Baboo.

9. Insect biodiversity in coastal agro ecosystem in Karaikal region/L.

Nadarajan. 10.

Biodiversity of natural enemies of insect pests of spice crops/S. Devasahayam.

11. Biodiversity of plant parasitic nematodes associated with Banana in India/P.

Sundararaju. 12.

Diversity of parasitic nematodes and their antagonists in spices/Santhosh J. Eapen.

13. Diversity in nematodes/M.

Sivakumar, (less)

Introduction. I.

Electricity Act and efficiency in generation, distribution: 1. Electricity Act and 'Enterprisation' of the State Electricity Boards/Joel Ruet.

2. Central Act and State Acts/G.

Subba Rao. 3.

Markets through the back door/Sudha Mahalingam. 4.

Benchmarking of electricity distribution companies in India/Prem K. Kalra, V.

P. Singh and Yogesh K.

Bichpuriya. II.

Technical choices and management: 5. Need for distribution system reforms and customer training/A.

K. Saxena and Prem K.

Kalra. 6.

Application of information technology to improve performance in power distribution/Sanjay Gupta. 7.

Broad technology choices and technology mix for the power sector/R.K.

Belapurkar. 8.

Voltage control through reactive power management--case studies/Mahendra Kumar. 9.

Transmission line congestion management using Bid-Areas Division Technique/D.P.

Kothari and Parul Goyal. 10.

Integrated resource planning in supply side management in power system/Prem K. Kalra, Yogesh K.

Bichpuriya and V.P.

Singh. III.

Macro-level aspects: what to do as reforms?: 11. A benchmarking of performance of Indian state-level electricity (less)

3 Control accounts. 4 Suspense accounts.

5 Incomplete records. 6 Accounts of non-profit making organisations.

7 Partnership accounting. 8 Partnership changes.

9 Account of limited companies. 10 Accounting standards.

11 Departmental accounts. 12 Manufacturing accounts.

13 Cash flow statements. 14 Valuation of stock.

15 Capital reconstruction redemption of shares and debentures. 16 Sale of business to limited companies.

17 Published company accounts. 18 Interpretation and analysis of accounts.

19 Absorption (Total) costing. 20 Job, unit and batch costing.

21 Marginal costing. 22 Process costing.

23 Budgets and budgetary control. 24 Standard costs and variance analysis.

25 Capital expenditure appraisal. "Accounting: AS Level and A Level meets the requirement of the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) syllabuses for AS Level and A Level Accounting, and is endorsed by CIE for use with these examinations.

This means that the book is suitable for one-year AS Level course (less)

Introduction. 1.

Ashgourd/I. Sreelathakumary.

2. Satputia/B.

R. Choudhary and P.

K. Singh.

3. Watermelon/ B.

R. Choudhary and P.

K. Singh.

4. Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait)/Hilary A.

Sandler, Carolyn J. DeMoranville, Yu Zhou, Robert R.

Boulanger, Jr and Bal Ram Singh. 5.

Jamun/A.K.

Singh and Anju Bajpai. 6.

Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)/Rajesh Kumar.

7. Mangoes of Western Ghats/S.

P. Singh.

8. Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.

)/D.R.

Singh. 9.

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)/V.

T. Ram Chandra, P.

Kumar Jadhav and K. Dhinesh Babu.

10. Heliconia/T.

Janakiram and Anuradha Sane. 11.

Marigold/Namita, Kanwar P. Singh and V.

S. Raju Dantuluri.

12. Zinnia/R.

Crofton Sloan. 13.

Byadgi Chillies/H.D.

Mohan Kumar, M. Shivaprased, M.

H. Tatanaga and R.

K. Mesta.

14. Bambara Groundnut/S.

L. Venter, Evan den Heever and C.

J. Swanevelder.

Index. The UN is celebrating 2010 as International Year of Biodiversity and the theme is “Biodiversity is life, Biodiversity is our life”.

The 3rd Vol. of Biodiversity in Horticultural Crops published in 2010 highlights biodiversity of (less)