I. Introductory and Early Career: 1.

Dipamkara in the religious history of India and Tibet. 2.

Misunderstanding Dipamkara and his message. 3.

The sources. 4.

The name. 5.

How many Dipamkaras? 6. Birth and lineage.

7. Early career.

8. Tantrika initiation.

9. Buddhist ordination.

10. Suvarnadvipa and Dharmakirti.

11. Back to India : peace mission.

12. Indian monasteries.

13. Vikramasila vihara.

14. Odantapuri and Somapuri.

15. Dipamkara at Vikramasila.

II. Tibetan Background: 16.

How the Tibetans tell their own history. 17.

Tibetans and their first king. 18.

Early legendary kings. 19.

Bon religion. 20.

Mysterious helper. 21.

Sron-btsan-sgam-po. 22.

Thon-mi Sambhota. 23.

Khri-sron-lde-btsan. 24.

The ministerial intrigues. 25.

Santaraksita, Padmasambhava and Kamalasila. 26.

Ral-pa-can. 27.

gLan Dar-ma. III.

Atisa in Tibet: 28. The subsequent propagation of the doctrine.

29. The pious king Ye-ses-'od.

30. Tibet on the eve of inviting Atisa.

31. Jayasila and Viryasimha.

32. Journey to (less)

Introduction-desideratum. 1.

The dance in ancient India. 2.

Tandava-the classical dance form 3. Symbolism and gesture.

4. The Devadasis of South India.

5. Bharata Natya -the dance of the Devadasis.

6. Poetry of the hands.

7. Dance-drama-Andhra and Tamilnad.

8. The theatre in the temple.

9. The Kathakali theatre.

10. Kathakali dance and mime.

11. Krishnanattam dance-drama.

12. The dance of Mohini.

13. Festivals of the Goddess Bhagavati.

14. The holy diagrams.

15. The Yakshagana drama of Karnataka.

16. The dance in ancient Orissa.

17. Orissi dance-plastic movements and repertoire.

18. The Chhau dance of Seraikella.

19. Kathak dance.

20. The dances of Manipur.

21. Folk Rhythms and plays.

Conclusion-fruitage. Appendices I, II, III.

Glossary. Bibliography.

Index. "Shrimati Ragini Devi was an accomplished exponent of the Indian classical dance and an authority on the living forms of the art and its traditions.

She presented a comprehensive, revealing and enlightening account of the (less)

Keynote address. Editor's introduction.

1. Veda revelation according to Bhartrhari/Ashok Aklujkar.

2. Bhartrhari and his Vedic tradition/Johannes Bronkhorst.

3. Bhartrhari and Patanjali: traditions preserved/George Cardona.

4. Revisiting the notion of Sista in Bhartrhari/Madhav M.

Deshpande. 5.

Thought, language and consciousness: Bhartrhari's view of language/K.D.

Tripathi. 6.

Thought and language: the Bhartrharian perspective/Tandra Patnaik. 7.

Does language map the reality: Bhartrhari's view/Mithilesh Chaturvedi. 8.

Time as power of word according to Bhartrhari/Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat. 9.

On Bhartrhari's notion of 'power' (sakti)/Hideyo Ogawa. 10.

Vidya and Avidya in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya/Vladimir P. Ivanov.

11. Did Bhartrhari give us a philosophy of language/P.

K. Mukhopadhyay.

12. Bhartrhari as a philosopher of language/R.

C. Pradhan.

13. Changing approaches to language in Indian schools of thought vis-a-vis Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya/Karunasindhu Das.

14. Vak as Pratyavamarsa: Bhartrhari from Abhinavan perspective/Navjivan Rastogi.

15. From an adversary to the main ally: the place of Bhartrhari in the Kashmirian Saiva Advaita/Raffaele Torella.

16. Dhvani in (less)

I. Ontology : the nature of reality: 1.

A preliminary statement of an important Vedantic and Buddhistic objection against the Jaina view of reality, leading to the formulation of five types of approach to the problem of reality. 2.

A study in contrasts. 3.

The schools of philosophy in which identity subordinates difference. 4.

The schools of philosophy in which difference subordinates identity. 5.

The Jaina philosophy of identity in difference in which identity is co-ordinate with difference. 6.

The externalistic doctrine of identity in difference (Ubhyavada) versus the doctrine of a unique and integral synthesis of identity-in-difference (Jatyantaravada). 7.

Is relation an entity, or a mental construction, or a structural manifestation of identity-in-difference in reality? 8. A consideration of two controversies concerning Dravya and Guna (and/or Paryaya) with a view to clarifying the nature of both.

II. Epistemology : a Anekantavada, the theory of manifoldness, the most consistent theory of realism; (less)

Conceptual metaphors. 2.

Sources and stories. 3.

Nanda tamed. 4.

Nanda healed. 5.

Nanda refined. 6.

Nanda uplifted. 7.

Nanda rerouted. Conclusion.

Appendix. Bibliography.

Glossary. Index.

"This book is an exploration of the metaphors that underpin Buddhism as a religious and cultural system. A focal point for the exploration is provided by the enchanting and richly metaphorical Sanskrit text, the Saundarananda, by the Buddhist monk and poet Asvaghosa.

The poet uses fundamental metaphors such as the Buddha as a physician or the Dharma as a path, as well as less familiar conceptual superimpositions such as the parallel between meditation and gold refining, to structure the poem and to guide the reader through the different stages of his hero's conversion. Drawing on her wide knowledge of literary criticism, cognitive linguistics, Sanskrit literature and Buddhist thought, Linda Covill provides a sensitive and thorough analysis of Asvaghosa's metaphorical genius and a convincing account of the (less)

I. Buddhism in India: 1.

The Buddha and his teaching. 2.

Early history. 3.

Abhidharma. 4.

Sautrantikas. 5.

Mahayana. 6.

Madhyamaka. 7.

Idealism. II.

Buddhism in China: 8. The assimilation of Taoism.

9. Later Buddhist developments.

10. Three schools.

III. Buddhism in Japan: 11.

The character of Japanese Buddhism. 12.

Buddhist sects. 13.

Zen-Buddhism. Notes.

Bibliography. Index.

"General in its approach, yet penetrating, this book acquaints the reader with the highlights of Buddhist philosophy. It not only treats the ideas of the founder of the religion, but follows the development of his thought through the ages.

It points out how these ideas were used by the psychologists of the Abhidharma, how they issued in the mystical conceptions of Mahayana. But, before all, it treats the more intellectual conceptions of the Madhyamaka and the logic of Buddhist idealism.

Then the reader leaves India and goes to China, to become familiar with the epochal (less)

The secret autobiographies of Jigme Lingpa. I.

Translation: 1. A word to the reader.

2. Dancing moon in the water.

3. Dakki’s grand secret-talk.

4. Notes to the translation.

II. Background: 1.

Autobiography in Tibet. 2.

The outer face: the life of Jigme Lingpa. 3.

Treasure discoverer. 4.

Master of experience. III.

Readings: 5. No-self and other dancing moons.

6. The Dakini talks: on gender, language, and the secret autobiographer.

Epilogue. Subjectivity without essence.

Appendix: 1. The autobiographies and biographies of Jigme Lingpa.

2. Lists of the former lives of Jigme Lingpa.

3. Table of episodes in the secret autobiographies of Jigme Lingpa.

Notes. Bibliography.

Index. "Apparitions of the Self is a groundbreaking investigation into what is known in Tibet as "secret, autobiography", an exceptional, rarely studied literary genre that presents a personal exploration of intimate religious experiences.

In this volume, Janet Gyatso translates and studies the outstanding pair of secret autobiographies (less)

The Evolution of Classical Indian Medicine: 1. The beginnings of Indian medicine: magico-religious healing.

2. Heterodox asceticism and the rise of empirico-rational medicine.

3. Medicine and Buddhist monasticism.

4. Indian medicine in Buddhism beyond India.

II. The Content of Early Buddhist Monastic Medicine: 5.

Materia medica. 6.

Stories of treatments based on cases of diseases. Conclusion.

Appendices: 1. Jivaka's cures.

2. Glossary of Pali and Sanskrit plant names.

Notes. Bibliogrphy.

Index. "The rich Indian medical tradition is usually traced back to Sanskrit sources, the earliest of which cannot much antedate the common era.

In this book Kenneth Zysk shows that Buddhist scriptures some centuries older than this contain abundant information about medical practice, and are our earliest evidence for a rational approach to medicine in India. He argues that Buddhism and the medical tradition were mutually supportive: that Buddhist monks and people associated with them contributed to the development of medicine, while (less)

Note and abbreviations. I: Introduction.

1. Buddha and Buddha image.

2. Meeting the Buddha: temple, image and relic.

3. Constructing a Buddha image.

II: 4. The ritual: opening the eyes of the Buddha.

5. Instructing the image.

6. Empowering the image.

III: 7. The body of the Buddha: popular Buddhism and Buddhological Theory.

8. Consecration traditions in other Buddhist cultures: reassessing the Buddhabhiseka.

Epilogue: If you meet the Buddha, Kill Him! Notes. Glossary of selected Pali and Thai terms.

Selected Bibliography. Index.

"Becoming the Buddha is the first booklength study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "New Buddha", a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in Northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding of the (less)

Answers and audience. 2.

What is sufism?. 3.

Concepts of God and belief. 4.

Concepts of mysticism and initiation. 5.

Mysticism, methods and means. 6.

Mysticism, first results. 7.

Mysticism, the great ones and the great attainments. 7.

Life after death and life before life. 9.

Sufism in daily life, an art of living. 10.

Sufism in daily life, service of humanity. A chronological survey of Hazrat Inayat Khan's works.

Appendix. Index.

"This book is a fine companion to the series of Hazrat Inayat Khan's The Sufi Message. The author, Dr.

Elisabeth Keesing, is a lifelong devotee of the master, and a well-known and laureated writer, in the Dutch language field, as a historian and as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Also she is the author of the well-known biography of Hazrat Inayat Khan, titled Hazrat Inayat Khan: A Biography, Delhi, 1981.

"This work is as a dialogue between the (less)

Starting points: 1. Introduction.

2. Tibet as a stateless society and some Islamic parallels.

II. Historical: 3.

The dissenting tradition of Indian Tantra and its partial hegemonisation in Tibet. 4.

Tibetan Tantra as a form of Shamanism: some reflections on the Vajrayana and its Shamanic origins. 5.

Buddhism and the state in eighth century Tibet. 6.

Shamanism, Bon and Tibetan religion. 7.

The Indus Valley civilisation and early Tibet. 8.

Ge-sar of gLing: the origins and meanings of the East Tibetan Epic. III.

Religion in contemporary Asia: 9. Tibet and the Southeast Asian highlands: rethinking the intellectual context of Tibetan studies.

10. The Vajrayana in the context of Himalayan Folk religion.

11. The effectiveness of Goddesses, or, how ritual works.

12. Women, Goddesses and auspiciousness in South Asia.

IV. Buddhism and other western religions: 13.

Tibetan Buddhism as a world religion: global networking and its consequences. 14.

The westernisation of Tibetan Buddhism (less)

The search for health. 2.

The energy crisis. 3.

The nature of time. 4.

The third way. 5.

The breakdown and the breakthrough. 6.

The spiral movement. 7.

The field of memory. 8.

The habit mechanism. 9.

The mind-brain syndrome. 10.

The state of integration. 11.

The stream of consciousness. 12.

The living tradition. 13.

The hidden variable. 14.

The sources of energy. 15.

The turning point. 16.

The ending of experience. 17.

The union with oneself. 18.

The process of self-integration. 19.

The ground of innocence. 20.

The return of the pilgrim. Select bibliography.

Index. "The central theme of discussion in this monograph revolves round the problem of man’s self-transformation in the midst of an artificial and soulless civilization.

According to the author, the solution to the problem lies in a synthesis between ‘the two principal traditions of India’--Yoga and Tantra which he defines as philosophy and practice. In his (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)

Introduction. I.

The principles of Ayurveda: 1. Cosmic roots.

2. Ayurvedic anatomy.

3. The body types.

4. The psychospiritual nature of the body types.

5. The nature and tastes of each Dosha.

II. The practice of Ayurveda: 6.

Eating according to your body type: the food charts. 7.

Eating with the cycles of nature: seasonal menus. 8.

Food Sadhanas. III.

Universal recipes for each body type: 9. Introduction.

10. Traditional ground dhals and grains.

11. Breakfast grains.

12. Universal vegetable dishes.

13. Universal bean dishes and dhals.

14. Grain and bean combinations.

15. Universal pasta and sauces.

16. Tofu dishes.

17. Seitan dishes.

18. Salads.

19. Sauces and dressings.

20. Soups.

21. Summer aspics.

22. Seaweed dishes.

23. Vedic herbs, spices, and accents.

24. Universal desserts.

25. Nurturing brews and beverages.

Afterword: the Dharmas: universal values. Appendix: Ayurvedic resources and supplies.

Glossary of uncommon ingredients. Bibliography.

Index. "Forced by cancer to reexamine (less)

Ayurveda, the mother of medicine : Ithinasa. 2.

Philosophical and medical basis : Adisthana Tativa. 3.

Bio-typology : Prakriti Pariksha. 4.

Anatomical aspects : Sharira. 5.

Pathology and diagnoses : Nidana. 6.

Treatment strategies : Cikitsa. 7.

Nutritional science : Padthya-Apadthya. 8.

Life-style : Swatha-Vritta. 9.

External cleansing : Bahin-Shodana. 10.

Internal cleansing : Antha-Shodana. Index.

"Ayurveda, the renowned health system of India and the ancient world, has kept people well naturally for centuries. Now it has been rediscovered by western health practitioners, and it is revolutionizing our thinking about nutrition and disease prevention.

"Here at last is an easy-to-read, lavishly illustrated book that shows how it works. Rather than relying on medication to cure ailments as western medicine does, Ayurveda emphasizes daily nutrition habits and physical routines for maintaining health so that you don't get sick in the first place.

You will find out how to tell which physical type you (less)

It rejects the notion that discomfort, pain, and emotional swings are normal to a woman's life. With this self-help guide, you'll learn how to devise a treatment plant that is right for your unique constitution--how to use dietary changes and herbal supplements to treat PMS, mitigate premenopausal symptoms, prevent osteoporosis, and reverse many other ailments.

Also included is an impressive treatment section that details dozens of Ayurvedic formulas using herbs common to North America and Europe. If you are looking for (less)

Part V. Thinkers subsequent to the Brahma-sutra: 1.

General remarks. 2.

Tibetan citations of Bhartrhari's verses and the problem of his dates. 3.

Upavarsa. 4.

Bodhayana. 5.

Tanka (Brahmanandin). 6.

Dravida. 7.

Bhartrprapanca. 8.

Sabarasvamin. 9.

Bhartrmitra. 10.

Srivatsankamisra. 11.

Sundarapandya. 12.

Brahmadatta. 13.

Govinda. 14.

Mandanamisra. 15.

Fragmentary transmissions of various differing theories. Part VI.

The Mandukya-karika: Introduction. 1.

Interpretations of some words and phrases of the Mandukya- Upanisad and Karika. 2.

Textual analysis. 3.

Thought. Part VIII.

The Vedanta philosophy of the Grammarian Bhartrhari: 1. The Grammarian Bhartrhari: the man and his works.

2. The position of Bhartrhari in the history of thought.

3. Bhartrhari's the scholar.

4. Metaphysics.

Part VIII. Conclusion: 1.

The position of Sankara in the history of Vedanta philosophy. 2.

A summary of the history of early Vedanta philosophy. Appendices.

Index. Postscript.

"The history of the Vedanta school is well-known since the time (less)

The author, Laugaksi Bhaskara, about whose personal life sufficient information is not available, probably belonged to the South and flourished in the 14-15 century. He wrote the text for beginners and so the language is characterized by simplicity and brevity which are maintained even in the treatment of difficult problems.

The work has gained popularity among scholars and beginners both and serves well as gateway to the system of Purva Mimamsa. The full name of the work as given by the author in the colophon is Purvamimamsarthasamgraha which means a compendium dealing with the topics of Purva Mimamsa.

The present edition comprises the Sanskrit text in Devanagari script and translation into English with profuse notes, explanatory and critical, by Professor Gajendragadkar and Karmarkar, which has proved the best on (less)

The texts. 1.

The mystical significance of the sacrificial horse (BAU (M) 1:1). 2.

A creation myth associated with the Agnicayana and Asvamedha (from BAU (M) 1:2). 3.

'Lead me from untruth (or non-being) to truth (or being)..

. (from BAU (M) 1:3).

4. Another creation myth: The underlying oneness (BAU (M) 1:4).

5. A Brahmin turns to a Ksatriya as teacher, and the parable of the sleeping man (from BAU (M) 2:1).

6. Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi (BAU (M) 2:4).

7. Yajnavalkya's disputations at the assembly of King Janaka, 1: The cows and the hotr Asvala (BAU (M) 3:1).

8. Yajnavalkya's disputations at the assembly of King Janaka, 2: Release from "re-death" (BAU (M) 3:3).

9. Yajnavalkya's disputations at the assembly of King Janaka, 3: Vacaknavi Gargi challenges Yajnavalkya (BAU (M) 3:8).

10. Yajnavalkya's disputations at the assembly of King Janaka.

11. The beginning of Svetaketu's instruction in the transcendental unity of everything (less)

Abbreviations. Mantramanjari.

I. Dawn and birth: 1.

Hymn to prelude, adi. 2.

Hymn to dawn, usas. 3.

Hymn to birth, prathamam janma. II.

Germination and growth: 1. The breath of life, prana.

2. Prayer for happiness, svastyayana.

III. Blossoming and fullness: 1.

The inner light, atmajyotis. 2.

The fire sacrifice, agnihotra. 3.

Sacrifice is man, purusayajna. 4.

The sacrifice of the mind, manasayajna. 5.

The integral action, karmayoga. IV.

Fall and decay: 1. Beyond suffer and suffering, vitasoka.

2. Purifying knowledge, jnanasuddhi.

3. The fire of wisdom, jnanagni.

V. Death and dissolution: 1.

The great departure, mahaprasthana. 2.

Within death there is immortality, antaram mrtyor amrtam. VI.

New life and freedom: 1. The ascending way, brahmajana.

2. The internal way, puruso ntaratma.

3. The encounter, yoga.

VII. Twilight: 1.

Prayers at sunrise. 2.

Prayers at sunset. Last Mantra: Last Mantra.

"The Vedic experience unfolds the process of man's "becoming conscious", of (less)