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- Smrti (Sacred Books of the East No. 7)The Institutes of VishnuTranslated by Julius JollySri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN 81-7030-743-0xxxviii, 316 pages
Price: Rs.300 in India & US$ 10 Outside India(Shipment & Bank Charges Included)
Contents:
Introduction. 1. Vishnu and the Goddess of the earth. 2. The four castes. 3. Duties of a king. 4. Weights and measures. 5. Criminal and civil law. 6. Law of debt. 7. Writings. 7. Witnesses. 8. Ordeals. 9. Inheritance. 10. Funeral ceremonies. 11. Funeral oblations. 12. Impurity. 13. Women. 14. Sacraments. 15. Studentship. 16. Crimes. 17. Hells. 18. Transmigration. 19. Penances. 20. Duties of a householder. 21. Rules for a Snataka. 22. Self-restraint. 23. Sraddhas. 24. Pious gifts. 25. The hermit. 26. The ascetic. 27. Meditation on Vishnu. 28. Conclusion. 29. General index. 30. Sanskrit index. Additions and corrections
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A Source Book in/ of Indian Philosophy- Tradition & Reflection
Tradition and ReflectionExplorations in Indian ThoughtBy Wilhelm HalbfassSri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN 81-7030-300-1Price: Rs. 400
Contents:Preface. 1. The idea of the Veda and the identity of Hinduism. 2. The presence of the Veda in Indian philosophical reflection. 3.Vedic orthodoxy and the plurality of religious traditions. 4. Vedic apologetics, ritual killing, and the foundations of ethics. 5. Human reason and Vedic revelation in Advaita Vedanta. 6. Sankara, the Yoga of Patanjali, and the so-called Yogasutrabhasyavivarana. 7. The therapeutic paradigm and the search for identity in Indian philosophy. 8. Man and Self in traditional Indian thought. 9. Competing causalities: Karma, Vedic rituals, and the natural world. 10. Homo hierarchicus: the conceptualization of the Varna system in Indian thought. Index.
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This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge.
Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious "Thags" (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative.
The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana.
Other Useful Titles
1. Theology after Vedanta: An Experiment in Comparative Theology/ Francis X. Clooney,S.J.2. On Being And What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology/ Wilhelm Halbfass
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Authoritative Guide to Indian Philosophy
Tradition and ReflectionExplorations in Indian ThoughtBy Wilhelm HalbfassSri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN 81-7030-300-1Price: Rs. 400
Contents:Preface. 1. The idea of the Veda and the identity of Hinduism. 2. The presence of the Veda in Indian philosophical reflection. 3.Vedic orthodoxy and the plurality of religious traditions. 4. Vedic apologetics, ritual killing, and the foundations of ethics. 5. Human reason and Vedic revelation in Advaita Vedanta. 6. Sankara, the Yoga of Patanjali, and the so-called Yogasutrabhasyavivarana. 7. The therapeutic paradigm and the search for identity in Indian philosophy. 8. Man and Self in traditional Indian thought. 9. Competing causalities: Karma, Vedic rituals, and the natural world. 10. Homo hierarchicus: the conceptualization of the Varna system in Indian thought. Index.
About the Book
This book examines, above all, the relationship between reason and Vedic revelation, and the philosophical responses to the idea of the Veda. It deals with such topics as dharma, karma and rebirth, the role of man in the universe, the motivation and justification of human actions, the relationship between ritual norms and universal ethics, and reflections on the goals and sources of human knowledge.
Halbfass presents previously unknown materials concerning the history of sectarian movements, including the notorious "Thags" (thaka), and relations between Indian and Iranian thought. The approach is partly philosophical and partly historical and philological; to a certain extent, it is also comparative.
The author explores indigenous Indian reflections on the sources, the structure and the meaning of the Hindu tradition, and traditional philosophical responses to social and historical realities. He does not deal with social and historical realities per se; rather, basing his work on the premise that to understand these realities the reflections and constructions of traditional Indian theorists are no less significant than the observations and paradigms of modern western historians and social scientists, he explores the self-understanding of such leading thinkers as Sankara, Kumarila, Bhartrhari and Udayana.
Other Useful Titles
1. Theology after Vedanta: An Experiment in Comparative Theology/ Francis X. Clooney,S.J.2. On Being And What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology/ Wilhelm Halbfass
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Vedic Mathematics/ Vedic Samhitas
Mathematics as Known to the Vedic SamhitasBy M.D. Pandit
Sri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN 81-7030-368-0235 pagesPrice: Rs. 225
Contents : Foreword. Preface. 1. Introductory. 2. Scope of the present work. 3. The sequence or the serial order of the numbers. 4. Characteristic features of the Vedic number system. 5. The methods of counting. 6. The ordinal numbers. 7. Numbers without number-words. 8. Numbers as adjectives. 9. Types of mathematical operations. 10. Signs and sign-words for mathematical operations. 11. The concept of sets or groups. 12. Examples of addition. 13. Examples of subtraction. 14. Examples of multiplication. 15. Examples of division. 16. The concept of fractions. 17. Squares, square-roots, cubes, cube-roots. 18. Arithmetic and geometric progression. 19. Zero. 20. The base 10. 21. The concept of position. 22. The journey of zero. 23. Resume. Appendices. Bibliography and abbreviations. Subject index.
"This book is written with the view to examine and ascertain whether the Vedas really contain any consideration on mathematics in the real sense. The study is purposefully limited to nine Vedic texts which go by the name Samhitas. The present study deals with the arithmatics only. As one goes through the Vedic Samhitas and examines and interprets the mathematical data, one cannot but be impressed by the high stage of mathematical development in those ancient times." (jacket)
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Mudras - Yoga in Your hands
Mudras: Yoga in your Hands
By Gertrud Hirschi

Sri Satguru Publications (Delhi),
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81-7030-682-5
Price: Rs.195
Mudras-also playfully called “finger power points”-are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place!
Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this Eastern art of healing. Gertrud Hirschi, the well-known Swiss yoga teacher and author of Basic Yoga for Everybody, shows you how these easy techniques can recharge your personal energy reserves and improve your quality of living. Use these mysterious healing gestures to calm the stress, aggravations and frustrations of everyday life. In Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands, you will learn how you can apply these simple exercises to prevent illness and support the healing of a great variety of physical and emotional problems, how to use mudras to promote your spiritual development & how you can additionally intensify the effect with breathing exercises, affirmations, visualizations, herbs, nutrition, music and colors. Also included are several full-body mudras and exercises to enhance your meditation and yoga practice.
ABOUT THE AUTHORGertrud Hirschi For the past 16 years, Gertrud Hirschi has taught yoga in accordance with the latest medical findings at her own yoga school in Zurich, Switzerland. She holds seminars in Switzerland, Germany and Greece. She is also the author of Basic Yoga for everybody,
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Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das’s Kabir Parachai : With a Translation of the Kabir Parachai Prepared in
Kabir Legends and Ananta-Das’s Kabir Parachai : With a Translation of the Kabir Parachai Prepared in Collaboration with Jagdish Kumar and Uma Thukral and with an Edition of the Niranjani Panthi Recension of this Work/David N. Lorenzen. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, xiv, 268 p., ISBN 81-7030-316-8.
Contents: Preface. I. The legends : 1. Legends and history. 2. The Kabir Parachai cycle. 3. Other legends. II. Ananta-Das’s Kabir Parachai : 4. The text of the Kabir Parachai. 5. A translation of the Kabir Parachai by Jagdish Kumar, David N. Lorenzen, and Uma Thukral. 6. An edition of the Kabir Parachai (Niranjani Panthi recension). Appendix A : the 1693 V. S. manuscript (RPP 11583) of Ananta-das’s Kabir Parachai. Bibliography. Index.
"This book represents the first systematic collection and analysis of the principal legends about Kabir Das, a fifteenth-century poet-saint. It focuses on the ways in which the legends embody and reflect the often changing social and religious needs of those who created and listened to them. Particular attention is paid to the earliest known collection of legends, Ananta-das’s Kabir Parachai. This book makes available for the first time an English translation of this text, with detailed notes on its variant readings, as well as a corrected Hindi edition based on a comparison of over a dozen manuscripts. The various historical synchronism between Kabir and his leading contemporaries, including Ramananda and King Virasimhadev Baghel, are reevaluated, and a solution is proposed to the longstanding debate about Kabir’s dates."
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Books on Ayurveda , Tibetan, Unani & Alternative Medicine (New Releases)
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Case Studies in the Social Sciences: A guide for Teaching
Case Studies in the Social Sciences : A Guide for Teaching ( Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum) /edited by Myron L. Cohen. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, 1996, xxx, 626 p., ISBN 81-7030-510-1. Rs.500
Contents: Preface. Introduction : Asia: case studies in the social sciences/Myron L. Cohen. I. Anthropology : A. China : 1. Family organization in China/Myron L. Cohen. 2. Religion in a state society: China/Myron L. Cohen. B. India : 1. Religion in a state society: India/Lawrence A. Babb. 2. Gender relations: changing patterns in India/Doranne Jacobson. 3. Stratification, inequality, caste system: India/Owen M. Lynch. C. Indonesia : 1. Family and kinship in Indonesia/John R. Bowen. 2. Islam in Indonesia: a case study of religion in society/John R. Bowen. 3. Hierarchy and stratification: the case of Java/Robert W. Hefner. D. Japan : 1. Urban life in Japan/Theodore C. Bestor. 2. Rural society in Japan: past and present/William W. Kelly. 3. Gender roles: the case of Japan/Nancy Rosenberger. 4. The family in Japan/Stephen R. Smith. E. Korea : 1. Changing gender relations: the Korean case/Laurel Kendall. II. Economics : A. China and Japan : 1. Japan and China as case studies in introductory courses in economics/Thomas G. Rawski. III. Political science : A. China : 1. Totalitarianism, authoritarianism, democracy: the case of China/Andrew J. Nathan. 2. Mobilization and participation: the case of China/Jean C. Oi. B. Taiwan : 1. Political transition on Taiwan/Edwin A. Winckler. C. India and Pakistan : 1. Democracy and political participation in India/Paul R. Brass. 2. The military in India and Pakistan: contrasting cases/Stephen Philip Cohen. D. Indonesia : 1. Authoritarianism: Indonesia/Benedict R. O’G. Anderson. 2. Political culture in Indonesia/Benedict R. O’G. Anderson. 3. The political role of the military: Indonesia/ Benedict R. O’G. Anderson. E. Japan : 1. Bureaucracy in Japan/T.J. Pempel. 2. Japanese democracy and political culture: a comparative perspective/T.J. Pempel. 3. Political parties and representation: the case of Japan/ T.J. Pempel. F. Korea : 1. Political development in South Korea/Han-Kyo Kim. G. Philippines : 1. Political parties and political representation: the Philippines/Carl H. Lande. H. Thailand : 1. Political development and political participation in Thailand/Clark D. Neher. IV. Sociology : A. China : 1. Comparative revolution: the case of China/Andrew G. Walder. 2. Marxist social thought: Maoism/Andrew G. Walder. 3. Sociology of work: the case of China/Andrew G. Walder. B. Comparative/interarea : 1. Problems of rapid modernization: China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan/Thomas B. Gold. 2. Comparative demography: the cases of China, Japan, and India/Moni Nag. C. India : 1. Education in India/Joseph W. Elder. 2. Industrial sociology: the Indian case/Joseph W. Elder. 3. Urban society and urban problems in India/Joseph W. Elder. D. Japan : 1. The new religions of Japan/Helen Hardacre. 2. Stratification and mobility: the case of Japan/Hiroshi Ishida. 3. American education in comparative perspective: what can we learn from Japan?/Robert C. Liebman. 4. Work in America in comparative perspective: what can we learn form Japan?/Robert C. Liebman. 5. Sociology of work: the case of Japan/Andrew G. Walder. E. Vietnam : 1. Comparative revolution: the case of Vietnam/Andrew G. Walder. Index.
"The 1980s witnessed the introduction of Asia into the required general curriculum at undergraduate institutions throughout the United States, and Asian materials are now at the threshold of general knowledge in literature, history, and the social sciences. THE PROJECT ON ASIA IN THE CORE CURRICULUM was inaugurated in 1985 under the sponsorship of Columbia University to accelerate this "mainstreaming" of Asian materials into the general curriculum. The project has received ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Luce Foundation, the Matsushita Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education."
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Instant and Fast Acting Ayurvedic Treatment
Instant and Fast Acting Ayurvedic TreatmentDrugs, Formulas and TherapiesBy Vaidya Shrikar D. JalukarSri Satguru Publications, ISBN 81-7030-628-X
Price: Rs. 300
Contents:Preface. 1. Meaning of Asukari Cikitsa (Introduction). 2. Ayurvedic view towards Asukari Cikitsa. 3. Collection of Asukari Formulae' from 'Brhat-Trayi'. 4. Discussion on the research work. 5. Summary and conclusion. 6. Bibliography. Index (Asukari Drugs and formulae).
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Salient Features of AyurvedaBy S.D. JalukarIndian Medical Science Series No. 143Sri Satguru Publications (Delhi), ISBN 81-7030-778-3
Price: Rs. 300
Contents:
1. Introduction. 2. Some mis-concepts and allegations against Ayurveda. 3. Missing the treasury of treatises of Ayurveda. 4. Salient features of Ayurveda in the original authentic literature. 5. Wagbhatta or Astanga-hridayam. 6. Countries will surely divert & take it successfully. 7. Some challenging points in Ayurveda. 8. About practices that prevent psycho-somatic diseases. 9. Concept of ‘Agni’. 10. Salient features of Susruta
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