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Forced to leave her family at thirteen and marry someone she has never met ... Koly's parents have arranged a marriage for their only daughter and now, like many girls her age in India, she will leave home forever. She yearns to flee, but tradition dictates that it's too late to turn back. On her wedding day, Koly's fate is sealed. Caught up in a current of tradition that threatens to sweep her toward a... (more)

Lord of Light

by Roger Zelazny

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rules their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light.

The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal

by Eknath Easwaran

Fifteen Upanishads with detailed explanatory introductions. In lofty poetry and vivid prose they give the essence of the Perennial Philosophy. 312 pages.

Bhagavad Gita (Shambhala Library)

by Eknath Easwaran

The most familiar and best-loved of all the scriptures of India in a practical, accessible translation, with illuminating introductions to each chapter. 240 pages

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is

by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Editorial Reviews The publisher, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, June 15, 2001 Book Description Bhagavad-gita As It Is Complete Edition, with translations and elaborate purports by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The Bhagavad-gita is the main source-book on yoga and a concise summary of India's Vedic wisdom. Yet remarkably, the setting for this best-known classic of spiritual literature is an... (more)

Shiva 3000

by Jan Lars Jensen

During a quarrelsome journey across India two men in search of very different destinies encounter gods, demons and mythological creatures. The tale is set against a backdrop of animated machines, airships of silk and ancient legends brought to life.

Bhagavad Gita, with Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya

Bhagavad Gita, with Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya

by Sri Sankaracharya

Adi Sankara's is the earliest extant commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.The text of the Gita as cited by him has come down to the centuries as the authentic text and this commentary of his proved to be of seminal value ever since.Later commentators may differ from him on textual and even metaphysical interpretation but the spiritual well being flowing into us on reading the Gita-Bhashya of Sankaracharya is... (more)

Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar

by Elizabeth U. Harding

The Living Gita: The Complete Bgabavad Gita-ACommentary for Modern Readers

The Living Gita: The Complete Bgabavad Gita-ACommentary for Modern Readers

by Satchidananda

The Bhagavad Gita , or "The Song of God," is one of the great spiritual classics of the world. This modern translation and commentary by one of the world's best-known and most respected yoga masters makes the deep spiritual truths of India's timeless classic available to the Western mind in a way never before thought possible. A finalist for the From the Publishers' Marketing Association Spiritual Book... (more)

Upanishads

by Anonymous

The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death and immortality. The essence of their... (more)

Kali Puja

by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

The complete worship of the Divine Mother who Takes away Darkness, includes Her advanced puja, Her thousand names, the mantras and mudras for traditional offerings, as well as the systems of worship for begetting spiritual children. Also available to accompany the text is a beautiful CD or cassette of Shree Maa's recitation of the thousand names. It includes the original Sanskrita mantras, Roman phonetic... (more)

The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War

The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War

by Barry Moser

The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata .

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

A young Indian mystic, a contemporary of Buddha, sacrifices everything to search for the true meaning of life.

The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal (Mentor)

The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal (Mentor)

by Anonymous

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Speaking of Siva (Penguin Classics)

by A. K. Ramanujan

"Speaking of Siva" is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they are passionate lyrical expressions of the search for an unpredictable and spontaneous spiritual vision of 'now'. Here, yogic and tantric symbols, riddles... (more)

Return of the AryansB. S Gidwani

Return of the Aryans

by B. S. Gidwani

This book tells the epic story of the Aryans - a gripping tale of kings and poets, seers and gods, battles and romance and the rise and fall of civilizations. Vast and absorbing, the novel tells the stories of characters like the gentle god, Sindhu Putra, spreading his message of love; the physician-sage Dhanawantar and his wife, Dhanawantari; and Nila who gave his name to the river Nile.

Penguin Book of Hindu Names for Boys

by Maneka Gandhi

Including modern names and those which are popular, this book serves as a practical guide for choosing the perfect name for your son. It is also a precise and invaluable sourcebook for scholars and lay readers alike who would like to know what familiar (and not so familiar) Hindu names actually mean.

Great Religions of Modern Man: Hinduism (Volume 4)

Great Religions of Modern Man: Hinduism (Volume 4)

by Richard A, editor Gard

The Psycho-Technic LeaguePoul Anderson

The Psycho-Technic League

by Poul Anderson

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana in Pop-up

by Sir Richard Burton, F.F. Arbuthnot

The Kama Sutra is a Hindu treatise on the art of love, composed sometime during the 1st and 4th centuries AD. Written in Sanskrit, it is attributed to Vatsyayana, also known as Mallanaga. 'Kama' is the Hindu word for love, pleasure, and sensual gratification; and 'sutra' are aphorisms. The work is partly a marriage manual containing specific sexual information, including the arts of scratching, biting, and... (more)

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