Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Bijak Kabir Saheb with Hindi Tika


Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the compositions of Kabir, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the Kabirpanthi religion. The Bijak is one of the earliest of the major texts in modern Hindi. The term Bijak is derived from Bija, meaning a document containing sacred texts.

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Other Useful Links:
wiki/Kabir
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Official website of Kabir Chaura Varanasi

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Kamba Ramayana in Hindi (2 Volumes)


Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kamban during the 12th century. Based on Valmiki's Ramayana, the story describes the life of King Rama of Ayodhya.

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wiki/Ramavataram
wiki/Kambar_(poet)



Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Concordance Dictionary of Yoga Sutra



This book is an alphabetic index cum comprehensive dictionary of the techinical terms from Patanajali Yoga and Vyasa' commentary on it. In this dictionary, Dr. Bhagavan Das, an eminent Sanskrit scholar and philosopher who has authored more than 30 books, has given all possible meanings of the Sanskrit words in English based on his study of the vast literature on Yoga.

Yoga is one of the six major darsanas of ancient India. Patanjali Yoga Sutra is a foundational text of Yoga darsana. Patanjali expounds Yoga darsana in 4 chapters consisting of 196 sutras. Yoga as expounded by Patanjali is also known as "ashtangayoga" since there are 8 limbs to this yoga. Vyasa's Bhashya is the most popular commentary on Patanjali's Sutras.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Srimad Bhagavad Gita Rahasya - Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Hindi


This book is the Hindi translation of Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak's classic and well-known work Srimad Bhagavad Gita Rahasya.

Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the author of this work, interprets Gita as the scripture of Karmayoga. Karmayoga is the performnce of one's duty without nurturing any desire for its fruits. According to Tilak Gita teaches selfless action as is said in Chatper 2, Verse 48:

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि संगं त्यक्त्वा धनन्जय।
सिध्यसिध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥

yogasthah kuru karmaani sangam tyaktvaa dhananjaya
siddhyasiddhyoh samo bhuutvaa samatvam yoga ucyate

Remaining steadfast in yoga, oh Dhananjaya (Arjuna), perform actions, abandoning attachment, remaining the same to success and failure alike. This evenness of mind is called yoga.

This book consists of two parts. The first part is the philosophical exposition and the second part consists of the Gita, its translation and the commentary.

Monday, October 21, 2013

The Bhagavad-Gita, with the commentary of Sri Sankaracharya



This book contains Sanskrit text of Srimad Bhagavad Gita with the commentary of Sri Adi Sankaracharya translated into English by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri. Adi Sankara's is probably the earliest extent commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. His commentary occupies a prominent place among the countless commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita by ancient and modern scholars and saints in various languages.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Message of the Vedas - GC Narang


Today, an average Hindu is not familiar with the Vedas or any literature associated with them. Though the Vedas themselvesa are not so voluminous, they are rather too difficult for the inunitiated. The commentaries, on the other hand, to which one must naturally look for help to understand the Vedas, are so voluminous that they would actually break the back-bone of the student.

So, with a view to familiarise an average Hindu with the Vedas, Sir GC Narang, the author of Message of the Vedas, had compiled selected mantras from the Vedas with their English translation. It is a great blessing to the reader that the mantras are arranged according to their subjects. This book will help him to have a fairly good idea of the nature of the contents of the Vedas.

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Shrimad Valmiki Ramayan


The Ramayana is certainly one of the world's oldest legends. Modern scholars claim that it was first composed around 300 BC. The devout Hindu believes that Rama lived many hundred millennia ago, in the Treta Yuga, and that was also when Valmiki first told his immortal story. The epic is called the Adi Kavya, the world's first poem. The God Brahma himself is meant to have inspired Valmiki to create his classic, in twenty-four thousand slokas. The true purpose of the Ramayana is to awaken its reader spiritually, and to send him forth on the great journey that leads to Moksha, to God.

The poem is traditionally divided into several major kandas or books, that deal chronologically with the major events in the life of Rama -

1. Bala kanda
2. Ayodhya Kanda
3. Aranya Kanda
4. Kishkinda Kanda
5. Sundara Kanda
6. Yuddha Kanda and
7. Uttara Kanda.

The Bala Kanda describes the birth of Rama, his childhood and marriage to Sita.  The Ayodhya Kanda describes the preparations for Rama's coronation and his exile into the forest. The third part, Aranya Kanda, describes the forest life of Rama and the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana. The fourth book, Kishkinda Kanda, describes the meeting of Hanuman with Rama, the destruction of the vanara king Vali and the coronation of his younger brother Sugriva to the throne of the kingdom of Kishkindha. The fifth book is Sundara Kanda, which narrates the heroism of Hanuman, his flight to Lanka and meeting with Sita. The sixth book, Yuddha Kanda, describes the battle between Rama's and Ravana's armies. The last book, Uttara Kanda, describes the birth of Lava and Kusha to Sita, their coronation to the throne of Ayodhya, and Rama's final departure from the world.

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Volume 01. Bala kanda
Volume 02. Ayodhya Kanda (Purvardh)
Volume 03. Ayodhya Kanda (Uttarardh)
Volume 04. Aranya Kanda 
Volume 05. Kishkinda Kanda 
Volume 06. Sundara Kanda
Volume 07. Yuddha Kanda (Purvardh) 
Volume 08. Yuddha Kanda (Uttarardh)
Volume 09. Uttara Kanda (Purvardh)
Volume 10. Uttara Kanda (Uttarardh)