This gigantic Puranic corpus stands apart from earlier Brahmanical literature in many ways. Not the least of which is the fact that whereas the Vedas, and the Dharamasastras were for self-study and…
Chapter I of this study, which discusses the older Upanisads, viz., the Brhad Aranyaka Upanisad and the Chandogya Upanisad, describes at the outset how the idea of the Supreme Being, the unique mys…
Recent years have witnessed continued and growing interest in the massive and fascinating poems we know as the Sanskrit epics. This interest has manifested itself in the continuing translations of …
Problems in biblical interpretation --rnThe problem of the text : textual criticism --rnThe problem of sources : source criticism --rnThe problem of oral tradition : form criticism --rnThe problem …
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the di…
A translation of the Root Text and a Commentary on the Uttara Tantra Sastra of Maitreya and Asanga
The Uttara Tantra is one of the main texts of the Mahayana path. It establishes tha…
This Book Which Analyses The Doctrine Of Prajnaparamita Or Transcendental Wisdom Is Based On Tibetan Exegetical Literature.
Description:rnThe first four Nikaya-texts belonging to the Suttapitaka of the Pali Tipitaka which contains the sacred sayings of Gotama (Skt. Gautama) Buddha are of inextimable value since they pro…