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Engaging with a Nation
The book looks at the impact that the idea and institution of nationhood have had on the constituents of India in the contemporary postcolonial period. It provides a critical …
God at Play
The oldest extant Marathi work, a medieval chronicle of Chakradhar’s divine life on earth, in a new English translation.God at Play, or Li?acaritra, is a remarkable biography of …
The Highest Good in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita
This open access book presents a comparative study of two classics of world literature, offering the first sustained consideration of what unites and divides the Nicomachean …
Cave of My Ancestors
Exploring family stories reveals the rich history of a seventh-century Buddhist shrine. As a young girl in Bombay, Kirin Narayan was enthralled by her father’s stories about how …
Ruling Devotion
The Sa?khya System
Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta: Vyāsatīrtha's Defence of Realism in the Nyāyāmṛta
This book focuses on discussions of metaphysics and epistemology in early modern India found in the works of the South Indian philosopher Vyāsatīrtha (1460-1539). Vyāsatīrtha was …
Nyaya Sutra – on Philosophical Method
Nyaya Sutra offers a new English translation of the text ascribed to Ak?apada, an Indian philosopher who lived around the beginning of the Common Era. The translation is …
Temple Lore
Bhagavad Gita for Chanting
The Bhagavad Gita is a Song. It is a song Divine. It is sung by the Lord Himself and His dearest Devotee. Most of us in Bharata love to chant shlokas from the Gita. The mellifluous …
The Four-Way Path
How can I find purpose in my life?Many of us go through our lives unsure of what we are for, struggling every day to find meaning. But the timeless wisdom of Indian culture shows …