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Item Code: NAB087by Benjamin WalkerHardcover (Edition: 1983)Munshiram Manoharlal ISBN 81-215-0140-0(for the set) Size: 9.8" x 6.8" Pages: 1243 |
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times since 2nd Oct, 2008Never before has the fabulous world of Hinduism been dealt within its entirety in a single work. This book presents the vast pageant of India in all its teeming variety. It is the first general encyclopedia of Hinduism covering every major aspect of Hindu life and thought, embodying the result of recent scholarship, yet not ignoring the traditional point of view. Of absorbing interest, it will be found to contain a wealth of information not readily available to the general reader. It is astonishingly wide in range: besides religion, philosophy, yoga, art, music, architecture, history and mythology, it deals in fascinating detail with source of lesser-known subjects such as dress, diet, festivals, handicrafts, psychology, science, alchemy, magic, Tantrism, medicine, erotics, dance, social observances and cult cites.
As a reference book Hindu world is unique, and will appeal both the layman and the scholar. It contains over 700 lucidly-written articles, each of which gives a comprehensive account of the subject, and by a system of cross references interlinks all topics related to it, so that a single theme may be traced in all its ramifications through the whole book. An index of over 8000 items, which in itself forms a veritable treasury of Sanskrit terms and names, will further assists the reader in finding his way among the lesser topics treated in the work.
Contents:
VOLUME I A-L
Abhira Aditi adultery advaita aeon aesthetics agama Agastya Agni agnihotra Agnihotri, S. N. Agnivarna ahimsa Ajanta Ajita Ajivika alchemy Alexander Allahabad altar Alvar Amaru Anarya anatomy ancestors Andhra androgyny angika Angiras animals animal sacrifice antinomianism Aranyaka archery architecture Arjuna army art Aryans asana Asanga asceticism ashes Ashoka aspersion asrama Assamese astronomy asura Asvaghosha Asvin Atharvan Atharva-veda atom Atri Aurobindo Aurva Austric Ayodhya Ayurveda Ayurveda history Bactrians Bagh Balarama Baleya Balin Bana Banaras bandha Barbarians bard baths Bengali bestiality betel Bhagavadgita bhakti bhanga Bhangasvana Bharadvaja Bharata (patriarch) Bharata (writer) Bharata-natyam Bharavi Bhartrihari Bhasa Bhavabhuti Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bilhana bindu birds Black-Pagoda blood Bodhidharma bodhisattva bodily substances body Bogar Brahma Brahmana brahmin breath control Brihaspati (rishi) Brihaspati (philosopher) Buddha Buddhism Buddhist history Buddhist scriptures calendar canons of proportion caste caste marks category cave temples Chahamana Chaitanya chakra chakrapuja Chalukya Chandella Chandidas Chandragupta channels of the subtle body Charvaka Chidambaram child marriage China Chola Christianity Chyavana coconut column community compassion consummation continence cosmology cow Dadu Daksha dance danda Dandin Dayananda designs Desika Dhanvantari dharma Dhruva diagnosis diet direction Diti divination Divodasa divorce dogs dowry drama history dramaturgy Draupadi Dravidian dreams dress drinks Drona drugs Drupada Durvasas Duryodhana Dutt, Madhusudan Dyaus dyeing ear education Egypt Ekanatha elephant eligibility Ellora empathy epigraphy equanimity era erotics eschatology espionage ethics etymology Europeans exteriorisation eye festival fig tree fig tree fire five daily sacrifices flags foot forgeries Galava gambling games Gandhara gandharva Gandhi Ganesa Ganga Ganges Gargya Garuda Gaudapada gavamayana Gaya Gayatri gems gender geography God godlings gopi Gorakhnath Gotama grammar grasses Greeks Gritsamada Guhila Gujarati Gunadhya Gupta guru Haihaya Hala hand handicrafts Hanuman Hardwar harem Harischandra harsha head hell Hemachandra Hemadri hierophant Hindi Hinduism Hinterindia Hiranyaksha historiography history horse horse sacrifice horticulture hot and cold Hoysala human sacrifice humours Huns idolatry Ikshvaku Ilango implements incest Indology Indra Indus vally intiation Iran Jagannatha Jainism Jamadagni Janaka Jarasandha Jaratkaru Jataka Javali Jayadeva Jayadratha Jayarasi Jews Jnanadeva joint family Kabir Kalhana Kali Kalidasa Kalinga Kalki Kalmashapada Kayana Kama Kamadhenu Kamarupa Kamasastra Kamboja Kamsa Kanarese Kanauj Kandu Kanishka Kanva Kapalika Kapilar Karma Karna Karttikeya Kashmir Kasyapa katha Kathak Kathakali Katyayana Kaurava Kautilya kavya kayastha Kekaya Kerala Khandoba Kharoshthi kingship Kirata knowledge Kolarian Kratu Krishna kshatriya Kubera Kumarajiva Kumarila Kumbhakarna Kumbha-mela kundalini Kurukshetra Kushan Kusika Lakshmana Lakshmi language law levirate Lichchhavi linga Lingayat literary forms literature livelihood logic Lokacharya longevity love
VOLUME II M-Z
Madhva Madra Maga Magadha Magha Mahabharata Mahajanapada Mahavira Mahayana Mahidasa Maitraka Malayalam Man of the World Manasara mandala Mandhatri mango trick Manikkavasagar mantra Manu (lawgiver) Manu (patriarch) Maratha Marathi marga Marichi marriage Marutta Matanga mathematics Mathura matriarchy Matsyendra Maurya maya mechanics medicine meditation menstruation Mesopotamia metals meteorology microcosm Milindapanho Mimamsa Minakshi minerals Mirabai miscegenation Mongolians mountains mudra music music history musical instrument Muslim mystic syllables mythology Naga nagari Nagarjuna Nahusha Nair Nala Nalanda Namdev names Nanak Nanda Narada Narayana Nasik nastika Natha necrophilia nectar Negrito Nimbarka Nishada nudity numbers numerals numismatics Nyaya nymphs Nysa obsequies occultism olisboi orifices of the body Orissa Oriya ornaments painting Pala Pallava pancharatra Panchatantra Pandava Pandya Panini paradise Paramara paramudra Parasara Parasurama Parsva Parthians Parvati Pasupata Pataliputra Patanjali patta perception perversions philology phoenicians phonetics physical culture physician pilgrimage Pisacha plants poetics poison pole ceremonies politics polygamy prabhava Pradyumna Prajapati Prakrit Prarthana Samaj Pratihara pregnancy promiscuity prosody prostitution Proto-Aryan language psychology puja Pulastya Purana Puranjaya purification Purochana Pururavas Purusha Pushan quality race raga Raghu Rahu Raibhya Raidas Rajput rakshasa Rama Ramakrishna Ramananda Ramanuja Ramayana Ramesvaram Rashtrakuta Ravana reciting repetition Rig-veda Rishabha rishi Rishyasringa ritual canon ritualism rivers Romans rope-trick Roy, Rammohan royal consecration Rudra Rukmini sacraments sacrifice sadhu Sagara Saiva Siddhanta Saivism Saka Sakha Sakti Sakuni Sakuntala Sakya saliva salutation Sama-veda Samba Samkhya sanatva Sanjaya Sankara Sanskrit Sarvabhauma Sati Satrajita Satyakama Satyavati savanna Savitri sayings scatology science scripts scriptures sculptures secrecy seduction Seleucids Sen, K. C. senses serpent worship sex mysticism siddhi Sikh Sikhandin sin singing Sisupala Sita Siva Sivaji Sivdayal skills slavery sociology Solanki Soma soma Somadeva Somnath sonship soul sound sraddha sterility stigmata stripuja stritantra stupa subandhu Substance sudra Sudraka Sudyumna suffering suicide Sukra Sumbha Sunahsephas Sunga sunya Sura surgery Soorpanakha Surya suspended animation suttee svabhava Svaphalka Svayambhuva svayamvara Svetadvipa swastika swing syllogism symbols Tagore Tagore, Rabinderanath Tamil Tansen tantrism Taraka taxation Telugu temple textiles theatre thread ceremonies thug time Tirath. Ram tirthankara Tiruvalluvar Toda towns trade & shipping trace states travel Trisanku truth Tukaram Tulsidas Udayana Uddalaka Ujjain Uma Upanishad Urvasi Usha Usinara Utathya utsarga vahana Vaiseshika Vaishnavism vaisya Vaivasvata vajapeya Vakataka Vallabha Valmiki Vamadeva Vanara Varahamihira Varuna Vasishtha (rishi) Vasishtha (tantric) Vasugupta Vayu Veda Vedanta Vedic Vedism vega Vena Vijayanagar Vikramaditya Virata virginity virility Vishnu Visvakarman Visvamitra Vivekananda vows Vratya Vrinda Vyasa warfare weapons weights & measures wheel widow wind women worship writing Yadu Yajnavalkya Yajur-veda Yama Yayati Yoga Yoni Yudhishthira yupa Zoroastrianism
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