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  • The Vertical Man

    A Study in Primitive Indian Sculpture

    by W.G. Archer ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1947, The Vertical Man explores a form of Indian sculpture largely ignored in other studies, with a focus on two kinds of sculpture from the province of Bihar.The book provides detailed analysis of the formal characteristics of the sculpture and the influences of the myth, ritual, and context in which they were commissioned and made. It explains why the sculpture is ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Hill of Flutes

    Life, Love and Poetry in Tribal India: A Portrait of the Santals

    by W.G. Archer ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1974, The Hill of Flutes, is a descriptive account of the Santals and their poetry in their heartland of the Santal Parganas.The book explores the Santal world view, including approaches to education, love, sex, and marriage. It describes and discusses Santal dances, festivals and ceremonies, and other key events and gatherings, such as annual hunts.Through the close ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Loves of Krishna

    In Indian Painting and Poetry

    by W.G. Archer ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Hinduism
    This book, first published in 1957, was the first in English to provide a full and clear introduction to one of the most significant of Indian gods, and stresses his supreme role in Indian religion and art. The book relates the full Krishna story, explaining his role in Indian religion, and traces the history of Krishna in Indian painting. There are 39 plates of Indian pictures, each accompanied ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Love Songs of Vidyāpati

    Edited by W.G. Archer ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1963, The Love Songs of Vidyāpati explores one hundred poems by the poet Vidyāpati.The book opens with an extensive introduction providing an overview into the life of Vidyāpati and offering a wealth of information relating to the themes, development, and significance of his poetry. The poems are accompanied by detailed notes and enhanced further by a selection of ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana

    The Classic Hindu Treatise on Love and Social Conduct

    by Vatsayana ...
    Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton ...
    Series series Compass
    The 1964 publication of Sir Richard Burton's translation marked the first wide appearance in English of the Kama Sutra and was celebrated as a literary event of highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilization as the works of Plato and Aristotle are to the West, the Kama Sutra has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature.Written with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Rape of Draupadi

    by Indrajit Bandyopadhyay ...
    Draupadi is a wonder woman in the history of literature. She is undoubtedly the central character in Mahabharata. Other than the Draupadi we find in Vyasa’s Mahabharata – in all Folk Mahabharatas –Draupadi is a powerful woman with powerful sexuality. In the Buddhist Jataka, Draupadi has illicit sexual relation with a hump-backed servant; in some Folk Mahabharata of South India, Draupadi has secret ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Village Gods of South India

    by RIGHT REVEREND Henry Whitehead ...
    THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF INDIATHE VILLAGE GODSOF SOUTH INDIABY THERIGHT REVEREND HENRY WHITEHEAD, D.D.BISHOP OF MADRASTHE purpose of this series of small volumes on the leading forms which religious life has taken in India is to produce really reliable information for the use of all who are seeking the welfare of India. Editor and writers alike desire to work in the spirit of the best modern science, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Prince Who Became a Monk & Other Stories from Tamil Literature

    by M.L. Thangappa ...
    Athiyaman, a hardened warrior, fearsome to his enemies and magnanimous to those he favoured. Kumanan, a king so benevolent that he was even willing to sacrifice his own life for another.The poet Pisiraandaiyar, who stood by his royal friend Kopperuncholan even in the worst of times.And Avvaiyar, a venerable woman poet, respected by rulers and subjects alike.This colourful and powerful cast of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • On Love and Barley

    Haiku of Basho

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Lucien Stryk ...
    Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Sayings of the Buddha

    by William Wray ...
    The Buddha taught a down to Earth wisdom that is still deeply relevant today. This carefully chosen selection of the Buddha's thoughts and teachings, compiled by William Wray, presents one quotation for each day of the year. Each and every quotation brings fresh insights, helping to free us from the deep conditioning of our minds and pointing us towards making revolutionary changes in our lives on ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit

    The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit

    by Rumi;Mafi, Maryam;Kolin, Azima Melita ...
    From Madonna to Deepak Chopra, celebrities have been recording and embracing Rumi's poetry for the past two decades, creating a resurgence of interest in this 14th century Sufi mystic.Rumi's Little Book of Life is a beautiful collection of 196 poems by Rumi, previously unavailable in English. Translated by native Persian speakers, Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin, this collection will appeal to ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Japanese Art Symbols, Illustrated

    by William Elliot Griffis ...
    A Brief introduction to Japanese Art and Symbols written in the late nineteenth century by the well known American orientalist. ... Read more

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