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Divine Books
In the Service of Scholars since 1976

40/ 5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007

Ph. No.    011- 4235 1493, 2384 6497

Email -divinebooksindia@gmail.com

Lala Murari Lal Chharia Oriental Series,
Divine Books on Perfumery and Cosmetics Series
Sri Garib Das Ayurveda Series,
Divine Buddhist Texts and Studies Series

Lala Murari Lal Chharia Oriental Series

1 & 2. Srimad Bhagavatam with the text of Sridhar with Visisitaadvaita and Dvaita Readings Vol. I Skandhas 1- 7 & Vol. 2 Skandhas 8-12./ Ed.by T.R. Krishnacharya/ ISBN.978-81-920763-0-0/ (SET) /Rs. 800

3. Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira. Translated by N.C. Aiyar. ISBN.978-81-920763-3-1 / Rs. 500

5. The Twelve Principal Upanisads with Notes from the Commentaries of Sankaracharya and the Gloss/ Trans. into English by E.Roer, E.B.Cowell, Rajendra Lal Mitra./ ISBN.978-81-920763-5-5/ Rs.800

6 & 7. The Brahma Vaivarta Purana , 2 Vols.- (Brahma and Prakriti Khandas Vol.I.)., (Ganesa and Krishna Janma Khandas. Vol.II) / Trans.into English by Rajendra Nath Sen, 978-81-920763-8-6 (SET) / Set.Rs.1000

9 & 10. The Brihat Samhita of Varaha Mihira, 2 Vols.- Eng.Trans/ N.Chidambaram Iyer.(2 Parts.)ISBN 978-93-81218-17-4(SET) / Set. Rs 600

11. Bhakti Ratnawali with the Commentary of Vishnu Puri Translated by a Professor of Sanskrit, ISBN.978-93-81218-29-7 / Rs. 300

12. An Introduction to the Yoga Philosophy/ Srisa Chandra Vasu, ISBN.978-93-81218-28-0/ Rs.120

13, The Brihat Jatakam of Varaha Mihira.Eng.Trans. by Swami Vijnananda.   ISBN. 978-93-81218-27-3. Rs. 500

14. The Patanjali"s Yoga Sutras.Trans. Rama Prasada. Delhi,2011. ISBN.978-93-81218-26-6. / Rs. 400

15.   Sri Narada Pancaratram - The Jnanamrita sara Samhita/ English Translation Swami Vijnananda/     ISBN 978-93-81218-25-9 / Rs.400

16-24..Sriman Mahabhartam- A New edition mainly based on the South Indian texts with footnotes and readings ( 9 vol. with a Descriptive contents & Alphabetical Index of Sriman Mahabharatam) Ed. T.R.Krishnacharya & T.R.Vyasacharya. / 9 Vols.Set. ISBN.978-93-81218-39-6 (set). Rs.3000

25. Lalitaarchana-Chandrika-Hymns to Lalita, form of Tripurasundari, Hindu Deity for Worship and Associated rituals/ Trans.Prof.S.K.Ramachandara Rao. 2nd ed. ISBN.978-93-219-45-7. Rs. 300

26. Pratyabhijnahrdayam of Ksemaraja- The Essence of Self-Recognition/ Introduction with practical notes/Dmitri Semenov.ISBN.978-93-81218-47-1. Rs 250

27,28,29. Vastu- Silpa Kosha
Encyclopaedia of Hindu Temple Architecture and Vastu / Prof. S. K.Ramachandra Rao. ,
978-93-81218-51-8,(SET).   3 Vols. Set. Rs.2000

The Vastu-shilpa-kosha is a three volume encyclopedic work .
The first volume has explained comprehensively the fundamentals of the Indian architecture. It deals with the Agama tradition, the various kinds of Agama texts, the Alaya tradition and the concept of Vastu.

The second volume has a detailed description of Vastu illustrations and symbolic representations. The third volume focuses on the architectural and scuptural ideas. It deals with Vastu Vidya, the rituals of Alaya-sthapana and other details.

30. Bhavopanishad -Text with Translation and Explanation./ S. K. Ramachandra Rao. ISBN.978-93-81218-56-3. / Rs.600

31. Sri Sukta-Text with Translation and Explanation./ Prof.S.K.Ramachandra Rao.ISBN.978-93-81218-55-6. / Rs.200

32. The Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One- A Study and Translation of the Virupaksapancasika, with the Commentary of Vidyacakravartin/ David Peter Lawrence . / Rs. 600

A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the commentary on it.

This book offers the first published translation of the contemplative manual Virūpāksapañcasikā, written circa the twelfth century CE, and the commentary on it, Vivrti by Vidyācakravartin. These late works from the Pratyabhijñā tradition of monistic and tantric Kashmiri Śaiva philosophy focus on means to deindividualize and disclose the primordial, divine essential natures of the human ego and body-sense.

33. The Advaita Worldview- God, World, and Humanity/ Anantanand Rambachan/ Rs. 400

2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

A new interpretation of Hindu tradition focusing on the nature of God, the value of the world, and the meaning of liberation.

34. Meditation on Lalita Sahsaranama/ Prof.S.K.Ramachandra Rao. / Rs 400

*   The Philosophy Sadhana- with Special Reference to the Trika Philosophy of Kashmir/ Deba Brata Sen Sharma. Foreword Paul Muller Ortega. / Rs. 450

*   Singing Krishna – Sound becomes sight in Paramanand's Poetry/ A Whitney Sanford/ RS. 600

Singing Krishna introduces Paramānand, one of north India's greatest medieval poet-saints, whose poetry has been sung from the sixteenth century to the present in ritual service to the Hindu deity Krishna.

* Jivanmukti in Transformation- Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo Vedanta/ Andrew O Fort/ Rs. 600

The Book Examines the Hindu concept of liberation while living from the perspective of the Advaita Vedanta school from the Upanisads to modern times.

* Yoga and the Luminous- Patanjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom/ Christopher Key Chapple/ Rs. 500

Divine Books on Perfumery and Cosmetics Series

1. A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery-
A Complete Detailed Description of the Raw Materials and Apparatus used in the Perfumer's Art/ R S Cristiani/ Rs. 1450, Edition 2012

2. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery:
Illustrated by Twenty-Eight Engravings Dr. C. Deite,/ translated from the German by William T. Brannt,/ Rs. 1450 , Edition 2012

3. The Art of Perfumery and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants-
The Growth and General Flower Farm System of raising fragrant Herbs with Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes, and Cosmetics etc.with an appendix on preparing artificial Fruit-Essences/ G. W. Septimus Piesse, / Rs. 1450, Edition 2012

Sri Garib Das Ayurveda Series

3. Ayurvedic Care & Cure of the Digestive System/ Prof. Dr.P. H.Kulkarni. ISBN.978-03-81218-19-8 / Rs.300

4. Experiments with Drugs of Ayurveda/ Dr.P.H. Kulkarni/978-93-81218-20-4 / Rs.300

5.Ayurveda Philosophy and Practice/ Prof. P.H.Kulkarni., 978-93-81218-41-9/ Rs.250

6. Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage/ John Douillard/
978-93-81218-40-2/ Rs. 900

This book features more than 15 massage treatments, each described in step-by-step detail and some synchronized with two therapists for up to two hours in length. It provides the reader with all the tools necessary to begin Ayurvedic treatments as a part of a spa menu or massage therapy program.

              Dr. John Douillard is the author of The 3-Season Diet & Body, Mind, & Sport, which has sold over 60,000 copies & has been printed in six languages. John received his Ayurvedic training in India and holds a Ph.D. in Ayurvedic medicine. He co-directed Deepak Chopra's Ayurvedic center for eight years and has trained over 2000 Western doctors in Ayurvedic medicine. He has been teaching Ayurvedic medicine, natural health, fitness, and nutrition internationally for seventeen years. Currently he directs the LifeSpa School of Ayurveda and practices Ayurvedic and chiropractic medicine at LifeSpa in Boulder, Colorado.

              "With great clarity and precision, Dr. John Douillard has provided a detailed guidebook to the profound system of Ayurvedic massage, bringing this ancient method of yogic healing into practical focus for everyone to use in its many different forms." - Dr. David Frawley

7. Ayurveda Nidana -The Diagnosis & Pathology. / Prof. P.H.Kulkarni, ISBN 978-93-81218-57-0./ Rs.300

8. Positive Health in Ayurveda/ S. R. Sudarshan, ISBN.978-93-81218-58-7. / Rs.300

9. Obesity and Ayurveda- Care and Cure /Prof. Ajay Kumar Sharma , Dr. Amit Kumar Sharma. ISBN.978-93-81218-58-4./ Rs.500

10. Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty First Century/ S. Cromwell Crawford /
Rs. 600

Explores contemporary controversies in bioethics from a Hindu perspective.

"No study on Bioethics will be complete and no problem of Bioethics will amicably be solved until and unless Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-first Century is referred to." — Vedic Science

"…provides an excellent introduction to contemporary Hindu philosophy and religion, helping the reader to gain important insights into the manner in which these issues are addressed." — New Jersey Medicine

11. Mettalic and Mineral Drugs in Ayurveda/ S. R. Sudarshan/ Rs. 500

12. Introduction to Ayurveda/ Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao/ Rs. 500

13. Fundamentals of Ayurvedic Medicine/ Prof. Dr. P.H. Kulkarni. / Rs. 300

Divine Buddhist Texts and Studies Series

1. The Dhammapada & Sutta Nipata (Collection of Verses & Discourses). Translated into English by F Max Muller & V. Fausball. , ISBN.978-93-81218-09-9/ Rs.500

2. Analysis of the Abhisamayalamkara / E.Obermiller.
ISBN. 978-93-81218-18-1. / Rs. 700

3. The Life of Buddha by Ashvaghosha Bodhisattva - Translated from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal. / ISBN 978-93- 81218-14-3 / Rs.450

4. Buddhist Suttas/ English Translation by T.W. Rhys Davids.
ISBN 978-93-81218-02-0 /   Rs.450

5. Hand Book of Colloquial Tibetan/ Graham Sandberg.
ISBN.978-93-81218-10-5. Rs.450

6. Buddha Carita of Asvaghosha / English Translation by E.B.Cowell.
ISBN 978-93-81218-04-4/ Rs.300

7. The Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha, Smaller Sukhavati-Vyuha,
Vajracchedika, Larger Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra, Smaller Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra /Trans. F. Max Muller,
The Amitaayur Dhyana Sutra Translated by J.Takakusu, (The Buddhist Mahayana Text)/ Delhi,2011. ISBN.978-93-81218-03-7, / Rs.500

8- 10. Vinaya Texta/ Translated by T.W. Rhys Davids & Hermann Oldenberg, 3 Vols.

(VOL I- The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV.), (VOL. II-The Mahavagga,V-X, The Culavagga I-III), (VOL. III- The Culavagga IV-XII)

978-93-81218-08-2 (Set.) / Price. Rs.600 Per Vol. /
Rs. 1800 ( 3 vols.set)

11. The Lotus Sutra - English translation of Saddharma-Pundrika Sutra/ Trans.H.Kern/ ISBN 978-93-81218-01-3 / Rs. 450

13 & 14. The Questions of King Milinda.Trans. T.W.Rhys Davids. 2 Vols. 978-93-81218-24-2. (Set.) Rs. 600 Per Vols.,/ Rs. 1200 (set)

15. Buddhist Texts from Japan. Ed. F.Max Muller, ISBN. 978-93-81218-43-3./ Rs.600

16. Experiencing Buddhism - Ways of Wisdom and Compassion / by Ruben L. F. Habito / . ISBN.978-93-81218-46-4.Rs. 450

This book engages the reader with its story-telling style as it illustrates the principles of Buddhism with concrete examples. Paying special attention to the rise of Buddhist practice in the West, Habito introduces the novice to Buddhist experience in its historical unity and the variety of traditions that reflect its essence. Integrated into Habito's text are five personal accounts by practicing Buddhists: on being a Therevada Buddhist by the Venerable Dhammananda, Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsing; on being a Zen Buddhist by Jan Chozen Bays; on being a Tibetan Buddhist by Judith Simmer Brown; on being a Pure Land Buddhist by Kenneth Tanaka; and on living the Lotus by Virginia Straus

17. Nagarjuna & the Philosophy of Openness/ Nancy McCagney/ Rs. 400

Nancy McCagney demonstrates that the concept of space ('akasa') in early Indian Mahayana Buddhism is the root metaphor for Nagarjuna's understanding of 'sunyata', or openness. Nagarjuna's use of the term 'sunyata' was new, and contrasted with the word's use in Pali Buddhist literature. By using the word to mean 'openness,' Nagarjuna was able to elucidate, through a deeper analysis of impermanence, a consistent philosophical foundation for the truth and efficacy of Gautama's Middle Way. McCagney's book will be important for those studying Indian philosophy, Buddhism, and the philosophy of religion.

18. Mediating the Power of Buddhas- Ritual in the Manjusrimulakalpa / Glenn Wallis/ Rs. 600

Analyzes a seventh-century ritual manual that provides both a rich source of information of medieval Buddhist life and addresses the ongoing concern of how an adherent can encounter the power of a buddha.

Mediating the Power of Buddhas offers a fascinating analysis of the seventh-century ritual manual, the Mañjusrimulakalpa. This medieval text is intended to reveal the path into a ritual universe where the power of a buddha abides. Author Glenn Wallis traces the strategies of the Mañjusrimulakalpa to enable its committed reader to perfect the promised ritual, uncovering what conditions must be met for ritual practice to succeed and what personal characteristics practitioners must possess in order to realize the ritual intentions of the Buddhist community. The manual itself was written at a key point in Buddhist history, one when Hindu forms of practice were still imitated and on the cusp of the shift from Mahayana to Vajrayana (or Tantric) Buddhism. In addition, the Mañjusrimulakalpa presents a rich compendium of Buddhist life in an earlier era, containing information on a variety of its readers' concerns: astrology, astronomy, medicine and healing, ritual practice, iconography, devotion, and meditation.

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1 & 2. Srimad Bhagavatam with the text of Sridhar with Visisitaadvaita and
Dvaita Readings Vol. I Skandhas 1- 7 & Vol. 2 Skandhas 8-12./ Ed.by T.R.
Krishnacharya/ ISBN.978-81-920763-0-0/ (SET) /Rs. 800

3. Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira. Translated by N.C. Aiyar.
ISBN.978-81-920763-3-1 / Rs. 500

5. The Twelve Principal Upanisads with Notes from the Commentaries of
Sankaracharya and the Gloss/ Trans. into English by E.Roer, E.B.Cowell,
Rajendra Lal Mitra./ ISBN.978-81-920763-5-5/ Rs.800

6 & 7. The Brahma Vaivarta Purana , 2 Vols.- (Brahma and Prakriti Khandas
Vol.I.)., (Ganesa and Krishna Janma Khandas. Vol.II) / Trans.into English by
Rajendra Nath Sen, 978-81-920763-8-6 (SET) / Set.Rs.1000

9 & 10. The Brihat Samhita of Varaha Mihira, 2 Vols.- Eng.Trans/
N.Chidambaram Iyer.(2 Parts.)ISBN 978-93-81218-17-4(SET) / Set. Rs 600

11. Bhakti Ratnawali with the Commentary of Vishnu Puri Translated by a
Professor of Sanskrit, ISBN.978-93-81218-29-7 / Rs. 300

12. An Introduction to the Yoga Philosophy/ Srisa Chandra Vasu,
ISBN.978-93-81218-28-0/ Rs.120

13, The Brihat Jatakam of Varaha Mihira.Eng.Trans. by Swami Vijnananda.
ISBN. 978-93-81218-27-3. Rs. 500

14. The Patanjali"s Yoga Sutras.Trans. Rama Prasada. Delhi,2011.
ISBN.978-93-81218-26-6. / Rs. 400

15. Sri Narada Pancaratram - The Jnanamrita sara Samhita/ English
Translation Swami Vijnananda/ ISBN 978-93-81218-25-9 / Rs.400

16-24..Sriman Mahabhartam- A New edition mainly based on the South Indian
texts with footnotes and readings ( 9 vol. with a Descriptive contents &
Alphabetical Index of Sriman Mahabharatam) Ed. T.R.Krishnacharya &
T.R.Vyasacharya. / 9 Vols.Set. ISBN.978-93-81218-39-6 (set). Rs.3000

25. Lalitaarchana-Chandrika-Hymns to Lalita, form of Tripurasundari, Hindu
Deity for Worship and Associated rituals/ Trans.Prof.S.K.Ramachandara Rao.
2nd ed. ISBN.978-93-219-45-7. Rs. 300

26. Pratyabhijnahrdayam of Ksemaraja- The Essence of Self-Recognition/
Introduction with practical notes/Dmitri Semenov.ISBN.978-93-81218-47-1. Rs
250

27,28,29. Vastu- Silpa Kosha Encyclopaedia of Hindu Temple Architecture
and Vastu / Prof. S. K.Ramachandra Rao. ,
978-93-81218-51-8,(SET). 3 Vols. Set. Rs.2000

The Vastu-shilpa-kosha is a three volume encyclopedic work .
The first volume has explained comprehensively the fundamentals of the
Indian architecture. It deals with the Agama tradition, the various kinds of
Agama texts, the Alaya tradition and the concept of Vastu.

The second volume has a detailed description of Vastu illustrations and
symbolic representations. The third volume focuses on the architectural and
scuptural ideas. It deals with Vastu Vidya, the rituals of Alaya-sthapana
and other details.

30. Bhavopanishad -Text with Translation and Explanation./ S. K.
Ramachandra Rao. ISBN.978-93-81218-56-3. / Rs.600

31. Sri Sukta-Text with Translation and Explanation./ Prof.S.K.Ramachandra
Rao.ISBN.978-93-81218-55-6. / Rs.200

32. The Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One- A Study and Translation of the
Virupaksapancasika, with the Commentary of Vidyacakravartin/ David Peter
Lawrence . / Rs. 600

A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the
commentary on it.

This book offers the first published translation of the contemplative
manual Virupaksapañcasika, written circa the twelfth century CE, and the
commentary on it, Vivrti by Vidyacakravartin. These late works from the
Pratyabhijña tradition of monistic and tantric Kashmiri Saiva philosophy
focus on means to deindividualize and disclose the primordial, divine
essential natures of the human ego and body-sense.

33. The Advaita Worldview- God, World, and Humanity/ Anantanand
Rambachan/ Rs. 400

2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

A new interpretation of Hindu tradition focusing on the nature of God, the
value of the world, and the meaning of liberation.

34. Meditation on Lalita Sahsaranama/ Prof.S.K.Ramachandra Rao. / Rs 400

* The Philosophy Sadhana- with Special Reference to the Trika
Philosophy of Kashmir/ Deba Brata Sen Sharma. Foreword Paul Muller Ortega. /
Rs. 450

* Singing Krishna - Sound becomes sight in Paramanand's Poetry/ A
Whitney Sanford/ RS. 600

Singing Krishna introduces Paramanand, one of north India's greatest
medieval poet-saints, whose poetry has been sung from the sixteenth century
to the present in ritual service to the Hindu deity Krishna.

* Jivanmukti in Transformation- Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo
Vedanta/ Andrew O Fort/ Rs. 600

The Book Examines the Hindu concept of liberation while living from the
perspective of the Advaita Vedanta school from the Upanisads to modern
times.

* Yoga and the Luminous- Patanjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom/
Christopher Key Chapple/ Rs. 500

Divine Books on Perfumery and Cosmetics Series

1. A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery-
A Complete Detailed Description of the Raw Materials and Apparatus
used in the Perfumer's Art/ R S Cristiani/ Rs. 1450, Edition 2012

2. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery:
Illustrated by Twenty-Eight Engravings Dr. C. Deite,/ translated from the
German by William T. Brannt,/ Rs. 1450 , Edition 2012

3. The Art of Perfumery and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of
Plants-
The Growth and General Flower Farm System of raising fragrant Herbs with
Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes, and Cosmetics etc.with an
appendix on preparing artificial Fruit-Essences/ G. W. Septimus Piesse, /
Rs. 1450, Edition 2012

Sri Garib Das Ayurveda Series

1& 2. Ayurvedic System of Medicine - 2 vols Set/ N.N. Sen

3. Ayurvedic Care & Cure of the Digestive System/ Prof. Dr.P. H.Kulkarni.
ISBN.978-03-81218-19-8 / Rs.300

4. Experiments with Drugs of Ayurveda/ Dr.P.H. Kulkarni. 978-93-81218-20-4
/ Rs.300

5.Ayurveda Philosophy and Practice/ Prof. P.H.Kulkarni.,
978-93-81218-41-9. / Rs.250

6. Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage/ John Douillard/
978-93-81218-40-2/ Rs. 900

This book features more than 15 massage treatments, each described in
step-by-step detail and some synchronized with two therapists for up to two
hours in length. It provides the reader with all the tools necessary to
begin Ayurvedic treatments as a part of a spa menu or massage therapy
program.

Dr. John Douillard is the author of The 3-Season Diet &
Body, Mind, & Sport, which has sold over 60,000 copies & has been printed
in six languages. John received his Ayurvedic training in India and holds a
Ph.D. in Ayurvedic medicine. He co-directed Deepak Chopra's Ayurvedic center
for eight years and has trained over 2000 Western doctors in Ayurvedic
medicine. He has been teaching Ayurvedic medicine, natural health, fitness,
and nutrition internationally for seventeen years. Currently he directs the
LifeSpa School of Ayurveda and practices Ayurvedic and chiropractic medicine
at LifeSpa in Boulder, Colorado.

"With great clarity and precision, Dr. John Douillard has
provided a detailed guidebook to the profound system of Ayurvedic massage,
bringing this ancient method of yogic healing into practical focus for
everyone to use in its many different forms." - Dr. David Frawley

7. Ayurveda Nidana -The Diagnosis & Pathology. / Prof. P.H.Kulkarni, ISBN
978-93-81218-57-0./ Rs.300

8. Positive Health in Ayurveda/ S. R. Sudarshan, ISBN.978-93-81218-58-7. /
Rs.300

9. Obesity and Ayurveda- Care and Cure /Prof. Ajay Kumar Sharma , Dr.
Amit Kumar Sharma. ISBN.978-93-81218-58-4./ Rs.500

10. Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty First Century/ S. Cromwell Crawford. /
Rs. 600

No study on Bioethics will be complete and no problem of Bioethics will
amicably be solved until and unless Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-first
Century is referred to." - Vedic Science

11. Mettalic and Mineral Drugs in Ayurveda/ S. R. Sudarshan/ Rs. 500

12. Introduction to Ayurveda/ Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao/ Rs. 500

13. Fundamentals of Ayurvedic Medicine/ Prof. Dr. P.H. Kulkarni. / Rs. 300

Divine Buddhist Texts and Studies Series

1. The Dhammapada & Sutta Nipata (Collection of Verses & Discourses).
Translated into English by F Max Muller &
V. Fausball. , ISBN.978-93-81218-09-9/ Rs.500

2. Analysis of the Abhisamayalamkara / E.Obermiller.
ISBN. 978-93-81218-18-1. / Rs. 700

3. The Life of Buddha by Ashvaghosha Bodhisattva - Translated from
Chinese into English by Samuel Beal. / ISBN 978-93- 81218-14-3 / Rs.450

4. Buddhist Suttas/ English Translation by T.W. Rhys Davids.
ISBN 978-93-81218-02-0 / Rs.450

5. Hand Book of Colloquial Tibetan/ Graham Sandberg.
ISBN.978-93-81218-10-5. Rs.450

6. Buddha Carita of Asvaghosha / English Translation by E.B.Cowell.
ISBN 978-93-81218-04-4/ Rs.300

7. The Larger Sukhavati-Vyuha, Smaller Sukhavati-Vyuha,
Vajracchedika, Larger Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra, Smaller Prajna
Paramita Hridaya Sutra /Trans. F. Max Muller,
The Amitaayur Dhyana Sutra Translated by J.Takakusu, (The Buddhist
Mahayana Text)/ Delhi,2011. ISBN.978-93-81218-03-7, / Rs.500

8- 10. Vinaya Texta/ Translated by T.W. Rhys Davids & Hermann Oldenberg, 3
Vols.

(VOL I- The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV.), (VOL. II-The Mahavagga,V-X,
The Culavagga I-III), (VOL. III- The Culavagga IV-XII)

978-93-81218-08-2 (Set.) / Price. Rs.600 Per Vol. /
Rs. 1800 ( 3 vols.set)

11. The Lotus Sutra - English translation of Saddharma-Pundrika Sutra/
Trans.H.Kern/ ISBN 978-93-81218-01-3 / Rs. 450

13 & 14. The Questions of King Milinda.Trans. T.W.Rhys Davids. 2 Vols.
978-93-81218-24-2. (Set.) Rs. 600 Per Vols.,/ Rs. 1200 (set)

15. Buddhist Texts from Japan. Ed. F.Max Muller, ISBN.
978-93-81218-43-3./ Rs.600

16. Experiencing Buddhism - Ways of Wisdom and Compassion / by Ruben L.
F. Habito / . ISBN.978-93-81218-46-4.Rs. 450

This book engages the reader with its story-telling style as it
illustrates the principles of Buddhism with concrete examples. Paying
special attention to the rise of Buddhist practice in the West, Habito
introduces the novice to Buddhist experience in its historical unity and the
variety of traditions that reflect its essence. Integrated into Habito's
text are five personal accounts by practicing Buddhists: on being a
Therevada Buddhist by the Venerable Dhammananda, Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsing;
on being a Zen Buddhist by Jan Chozen Bays; on being a Tibetan Buddhist by
Judith Simmer Brown; on being a Pure Land Buddhist by Kenneth Tanaka; and on
living the Lotus by Virginia Straus

17. Nagarjuna & the Philosophy of Openness/ Nancy McCagney/ Rs. 400

Nancy McCagney demonstrates that the concept of space ('akasa') in early
Indian Mahayana Buddhism is the root metaphor for Nagarjuna's understanding
of 'sunyata', or openness. Nagarjuna's use of the term 'sunyata' was new,
and contrasted with the word's use in Pali Buddhist literature. By using the
word to mean 'openness,' Nagarjuna was able to elucidate, through a deeper
analysis of impermanence, a consistent philosophical foundation for the
truth and efficacy of Gautama's Middle Way. McCagney's book will be
important for those studying Indian philosophy, Buddhism, and the philosophy
of religion.

18. Mediating the Power of Buddhas- Ritual in the Manjusrimulakalpa /
Glenn Wallis/ Rs. 600

Analyzes a seventh-century ritual manual that provides both a rich source
of information of medieval Buddhist life and addresses the ongoing concern
of how an adherent can encounter the power of a buddha.

Mediating the Power of Buddhas offers a fascinating analysis of the
seventh-century ritual manual, the Mañjusrimulakalpa. This medieval text is
intended to reveal the path into a ritual universe where the power of a
buddha abides. Author Glenn Wallis traces the strategies of the
Mañjusrimulakalpa to enable its committed reader to perfect the promised
ritual, uncovering what conditions must be met for ritual practice to
succeed and what personal characteristics practitioners must possess in
order to realize the ritual intentions of the Buddhist community. The manual
itself was written at a key point in Buddhist history, one when Hindu forms
of practice were still imitated and on the cusp of the shift from Mahayana
to Vajrayana (or Tantric) Buddhism. In addition, the Mañjusrimulakalpa
presents a rich compendium of Buddhist life in an earlier era, containing
information on a variety of its readers' concerns: astrology, astronomy,
medicine and healing, ritual practice, iconography, devotion, and
meditation.

Books on Buddhism

51. Buddhism in Far East Asia / Arvind Kumar Singh - [Rs. 1295, US
$29.43]

52. Bodily Self-Sacrifice in Indian Buddhist Literature / Reiko Ohnuma -
[Rs. 695, US $15.80]

53. Sinhalese Monastic Architecture : The Viharas of Anurdhapura /
Senake Bandaranayake - [Rs. 1095, US $24.89]

54. Buddhism among the Turks of Central Asia / Margit Koves - [Rs.
1250, US $28.41]

55. Vajrayana Buddhism : Study In Social Iconography / Umakant Mishra -
[Rs. 2500, US $56.82]

56. Science of Medicine and Surgery in Buddhist India / Meena Talim -
[Rs. 595, US $13.52]

57. Kailasanatha Temple : The Realm of Immortals / Arputhara Rani
Sengupta - [Rs. 2950, US $67.05]

58. Rebuilding Buddhism / Sarah Le Vine & David N. Gellner - [Rs. 795,
US $18.07]

59. The Wheel of Life / Kulananda - [Rs. 250, US $5.68]

60. The Abhidharmakosa & Bhasya of Acarya Vasubandhu with Sphutartha
Commentary of Acarya Yasomittra, 4 Volumes bound in 2) / Swami Dwarika Das
Shastri (Ed.) - [Rs. 1200, ]

61. Riven by Lust : Incest and Schism in Indian Buddhist Legend and
Historiography / Jonathan A. Silk - [Rs. 995, US $22.61]

62. The Dhammapada : A Translator's Guide / K.T.S. Sarao - [Rs. 995,
US $22.61]

63. A Metaphorical Study of Saundarananda / Linda Covill - [Rs. 590,
US $13.41]

64. Dictionary of Buddhism / Soka Gakkai - [Rs. 995, US $22.61]

65. Nyayapravesakasastra of Baudh Acarya Dinnaga / Muni Jambuvijayaji -
[Rs. 795, US $18.07]

66. Mind Only : A Philosophical and Doctrinal Analysis of the
Vijnanavada / Thomas E. Wood - [Rs. 495, US $11.25]

67. Jatakas in Buddhist Thought and Art , 2 Vols. / B. Subrahmanyam -
[Rs. 6460, US $146.82]

68. Hinduism and Buddhism in Perspective / Y.V. Dahiya - [Rs. 595, US
$13.52]

69. Engaged Buddhism : The Dalai Lama's Worldview / Bharati Puri -
[Rs. 250, US $5.68]

70. Buddhism : The Way to Wisdom / Suman Chaterjee - [Rs. 800, US
$18.18]

71. Stupa : Cult and Symbolism / Lokesh Chandra, Gustav Roth, Franz-Karl
& Ehrhard Kimiaki Tanaka - [Rs. 1200, US $27.27]

72. Buddhism : Its Historical, Theoretical and Popular Aspects / Ernest
J. Eitel - [Rs. 485, US $11.02]

73. Buddhist Stupas in South Asia / Jason Hawkes & Akira Shimada -
[Rs. 895, US $20.34]

74. Manifestations of Buddhas / Shashibala - [Rs. 695, US $15.80]

75. India and China : A Thousand Years of Cultural Relations (Zhong-Yin
Qiannian Shi) / Prabodh Chandra Bagchi (Rev. & Ed. by Haraprasad Ray -
[Rs. 650, US $14.77]

76. Vajrayana Images of the Bao-Xiang Lou : (Pao-hsiang Lou) Pantheon, 3
Vols. / Fredrick W. Bunce - [Rs. 14000, US $318.18]

77. Cetana and the Dynamics of Volition in Theravada Buddhism / Nalini
Devdas - [Rs. 895, US $20.34]

78. Synthesis of Buddhist Saiva & Sakta Tantras / Surendra Jha - [Rs.
1850, US $42.05]

79. Elements of Buddhist Iconography / Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Ed.
Krishna Deva) - [Rs. 950, US $21.59]

80. A Handbook of Buddhism: Art, Architechture, Literature and
Philosophy / Suraj Vashishth - [Rs. 700, US $15.91]

81. A Survey of Buddhist Thought / Alfred Scheepers - [Rs. 395, US
$8.98]

Divine Books, 40/ 5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007, India

82. Buddhism in India : A Historical Survey / Kanai Lal Hazra - [Rs.
1200, US $27.27]

83. Seven Works of Vasubandhu (The Buddhist Psychological Doctor) /
Stefan Anacker - [Rs. 695, US $15.80]

84. Tibetan Art / Lokesh Chandra - [Rs. 2300, US $52.27]

85. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. IX : Buddhist Philosophy
from 350 to 600 A.D. / Karl H. Potter - [Rs. 1695, US $38.52]

86. Yoga, Bhgoga and Ardhanariswara : Individuality, Wellbeing and
Gender in Tantra / Prem Saran - [Rs. 650, US $14.77]

87. Ancient Varanasi : An Archaeological Perspective / Vidula Jayaswal -
[Rs. 2500, US $56.82]

88. Essay on Tibetan Cultural Heritage / Karubaki Datta - [Rs. 795, US
$18.07]

89. Digha-Nikaya : Romanize Pali Text with English Translation / Alka
Barua - [Rs. 3000, US $68.18]

90. Vaishali and the Indianization of Arakan / Noel F. Singer - [Rs.
995, US $22.61]

91. Buddhist Logic, 2 Vols. / Th. Stcherbatsky - [Rs. 795, US $18.07]

92. Panorama of Himalayan Architecture , Vol. 2 : Buddhist Monasteries,
Castles & Forts, and Traditional Houses / O.C. Handa - [Rs. 1200, US
$27.27]

93. Buddhist Studies : The Legacy of Gadjin M. Nagao (Wisdom, Compassion
and the Search for Understanding) / Jonathan A. Silk (Ed.) - [Rs. 595, US
$13.52]

94. Buddhist Studies : Papers of the 12th world Sanskrit Conference,
Vol. 8 / Richard Gombrich & Cristina Scherrer-Schaun (Eds) - [Rs. 600, US
$13.64]

95. Buddhist Studies : Wisdom, compassion and the search for
Understanding / Jonathan A. Silk (Ed.) - [Rs. 595, US $13.52]

96. Principles of Buddhist Tantra : A Discourse on
Cittavisuddhi-prakarana of Aryadeva / Mathew Varghese - [Rs. 600, US
$13.64]

97. Lives of Early Buddhist Monks : The Oldest Extant Biographies of
Indian and Central Asian Monks / Saroj Kumar Chaudhuri - [Rs. 1200, US
$27.27]

98. The Buddhist View of Knowledge and Reality / Moti Lal Pandit -
[Rs. 650, US $14.77]

99. Advanced History of Buddhism : Monasteries and Temples / Sameer Das
Gupta - [Rs. 800, US $18.18]

100. Kizil : On the Silk Road / Rajeshwari Ghose (Ed.) - [Rs. 2500, US
$56.82]

Books on Hinduism

51. Hindu culture in Ancient India / S.V. Viswanatha - [Rs. 630, US
$14.32]

52. Discovering the Rigveda : A Brancing Text For Our Times / G.N.S.
Raghavan - [Rs. 540, US $12.27]

53. Ramayana Sculptures from Hampi - Vijayanagara / K.M. Suresh - [Rs.
2000, US $45.45]

54. Coronation of Shiva : Rediscovering Masrur Temple / N.K. Singh -
[Rs. 795, US $18.07]

55. Another Way To Live : A Psychiatrist Among Indian Ascetics / Ravi L.
Kapur (Ed. Malavika Kapur) - [Rs. 399, US $9.07]

56. Sacred Complex of Guruvayur Temple / P.R.G. Mathur - [Rs. 1800, US
$40.91]

57. History, Bhakti and Public Memory : Namdev in Religious and Secular
Traditions / Christian Lee Novetzke - [Rs. 695, US $15.80]

58. The Infinite Story : The Past and Present of the Ramayanas in Hindi
/ Danuta Stasik - [Rs. 995, ]

59. What is Karma / Paul Brunton - [Rs. 150, US $3.41]

60. Dictionary of Bhakti (3 Vols) : North-Indian Bhakti Texts into Khari
Boli Hindi and English / Winand M. Callewaert & Swapna Sharma - [Rs. 4000,
US $90.91]

61. Terrific Manifestations of Siva : Virabhadra / Jeyapriya Rajarajan -
[Rs. 1950, US $44.32]

62. Hanuman Kosa / S.K. Ramachandra Rao - [Rs. 1000, US $22.73]

63. Visnu Kosha / S.K. Ramachandra Rao - [Rs. 600, US $13.64]

64. Asvalayanasamhita of The Rigveda 2 Vols. : With Padapatha, Detailed
Introduction and two Indices / Braj Bihari Chaubey - [Rs. 2500, US $56.82]

65. Hindu Tribes and Castes as Reproduced in Benaras / Sherring M.A. -
[Rs. 1600, US $36.36]

66. Influences of Ancient Hinduism on Early Christianity / A. L.
Herman - [Rs. 595, US $13.52]

67. Epic Undertakings : Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference
Vol.2 / Robert P. Goldman & Muneo Tokunaga (Eds.) - [Rs. 600, US $13.64]

Divine Books, 40/ 5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007, India

68. Hinduism and Buddhism in Perspective / Y.V. Dahiya - [Rs. 595, US
$13.52]

69. Ayodhya : The Abode of Rama and the Dharmaksetra of Lord Buddha and
the Jaina Tirthankaras (A Historical and Cultural Study) / Lalta Prasad
Pandey - [Rs. 350, US $7.95]

70. Text and Variations of the Mahabharata : Contextual, Regional and
Performative traditions / Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty - [Rs. 500, US $11.36]

71. Isvarasamhita : An Agamic Text of the Pancaratra School of
Vaisnavism, 5 Vols. / Laxmithatachar (Ed. & Tr.) & V. Varadachari (Rev.) -
[Rs. 6000.00, US $136.36]

72. Territory, Soil and Society in South Asia / Daniela Berti & Gilles
Tarabout (Ed.) - [Rs. 950, US $21.59]

73. Breaking Boundaries with the Goddess : New Directions in the Study
of Saktism / Cynthia Ann Humes & Rachel Fell McDermott (Eds.) - [Rs. 995,
US $22.61]

74. Philosophy and Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars / S.M.S. Chari -
[Rs. 395, US $8.98]

75. The Tantric Religion of India : An Insight into Assam's Tantra
Literature / Apurba Chandra Barthakuria - [Rs. 750, US $17.05]

76. Fundamentals of Pauranika Hinduism / S.R. Goyal - [Rs. 700, US
$15.91]

77. The Hindu Way : In Search of Eternal / Vidya Nivas Misra (Ed. & Tr.
Ratna Lahiri) - [Rs. 1750, US $39.77]

78. Thakur Sri Ram : A Biography / Rajiv Mehrotra - [Rs. 395, US
$8.98]

79. Vaishnavism : An Iconographic Study, 2 Vols. / Vaishali Welankar -
[Rs. 5500, US $125.00]

80. Sakti Worship in India and Iconography : With Special Reference to
Madhya Pradesh / Anuradha Basu Mitra - [Rs. 2250, US $51.14]

81. Pilgrimage to Kailash : The Indian Route / K.T.S. Sarao - [Rs.
1500, US $34.09]

82. Sacrifice and Cosmos : Yajna and the Eucharist in Dialogue / George
Praseed - [Rs. 750, US $17.05]

83. Vedic Science and Technology / Sadasiva Biswal & Bidyut Lata Ray -
[Rs. 600, US $13.64]

84. The Touch of Sakti : A Study in Non-dualistic Trika Saivism of
Kashmir / Fuerlinger Ernst - [Rs. 690, US $15.68]

85. Indian Marriage : Customs and Rituals / R.N. Kogata & Lalita
Kogata - [Rs. 1400, US $31.82]

86. The Inner Teachings of the Philosophy and Religion of India / Yogi
Ramacharaka - [Rs. 500, US $11.36]

87. Saiva Philosophy of Kashmir / S.N. Kaul - [Rs. 350, US $7.95]

88. Vedic Etymology / Fatah Singh - [Rs. 750, US $17.05]

89. Swami Vivekananda : The Monarch of Monks / Dushyanta Pandya - [Rs.
790, US $17.95]

90. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa / Dushyanta Pandya - [Rs. 580, US
$13.18]

91. Sri Sarada Devi : The Universal Mother / Dushyanta Pandya - [Rs.
680, US $15.45]

92. Synthesis of Buddhist Saiva & Sakta Tantras / Surendra Jha - [Rs.
1850, US $42.05]

93. Vedic River Sarasvati and Hindu Civilization / S. Kalyanaraman
(Ed.) - [Rs. 2250, US $51.14]

94. The Rigveda and the Avesta: The Final Evidence / Shrikant G.
Talageri - [Rs. 750, US $17.05]

95. The Satapatha Brahmana (4 Vols.) : Sanskrit Text with Eng. Trans. by
Julius Eggeling / Maitreyee Deshpande (Intro.) - [Rs. 7000, US $159.09]

96. The Message of the Upanishads : The World's Most Ancient
Philosophical Thoughts / Sharadchandra Prabhakar Karnik - [Rs. 495, US
$11.25]

97. Heaven on Earth : The Universe of Kerala's Guruvayur Temple / Pepita
Seth - [Rs. 2995, US $68.07]

98. Devi : Goddesses in India Art and Literature / V.R. Parthasarthy &
Indu Parthasarthy - [Rs. 2800, US $63.64]

99. Ravana : Myths, Legends and Lore / Indira Goswami & Manjeet Baruah
(Eds.) - [Rs. 3000, US $68.18]

100. Jagannath in Historical Perspectives / R.N. Dash (Ed.) - [Rs.
2500, US $56.82]

Books On Islam

30. Muslim Portraits : Everyday Lives in India / Mukulika Banerjee
(Ed.) - [Rs. 250, US $5.68]

31. The US Approach to the Islamic World : in Post 9/11 Era / Chintamani
Mahapatra - [Rs. 595]

32. Encyclopaedia on Mirza Ghalib (2 Vols.) / Shahzad Ahmed Ansari -
[Rs. 6000, US $136.36]

33. Socio-Cultural Life of the Great Mughals (1526-1707 A. D.) /
Mohammad Azhar Ansari (Ed. by Jaweed Ashraf) - [Rs. 1600, US $36.36]

34. The Wandering Sufis : Qalandars and their Path / Kumkum Srivastava -
[Rs. 1250, US $28.41]

Divine Books, 40/ 5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007, India

35. Piety and Politics in the Early Indian Mosque / Finbarr Barry Flood
(Ed.) - [Rs. 695, US $15.80]

36. My God is a Woman / Noor Zaheer - [Rs. 295, US $6.70]

37. The Mosques of the Indian Subcontinent : Their Development and
Iconography / Fredrick W. Bunce - [Rs. 900, US $20.45]

38. Islam in South Asia, Vol. III : The Realm of the Traditional /
Mushirul Hasan (Ed.) - [Rs. 675, US $15.34]

39. Pakistan : Engagement of the Extremes / Ashutosh Misra - [Rs. 450,
US $10.23]

40. Creating A Future Islamic Civilization / Rashid Shaz - [Rs. 495,
US $11.25]

41. Rama : His Historicity, Mandir and Setu / B.B. Lal - [Rs. 190, US
$4.32]

42. Muslim Modernities : Tabish Khair's Essays on Moderation and Mayhem
/ Renu Kaul Verma (Comp. & Ed.) - [Rs. 295, US $6.70]

43. Islam, South Asia and the West / Robinson, Francis - [Rs. 345, US
$7.84]

44. Political Culture of Islam / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs. 3000, US $68.18]

45. Legal Culture of Islam / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs. 3000, US $68.18]

46. Academic Culture of Islam / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs. 3000, US $68.18]

47. Social Behaviour in Islamic civilization / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs.
3000, US $68.18]

48. Social Aspects of Islamic Culture / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs. 3000, US
$68.18]

49. Moral Aspects of Islamic Civilization / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs. 3000,
US $68.18]

50. Ideology of Culture in Islam / Shahid Ashraf - [Rs. 3000, US
$68.18]

Books on Biography

1. Bismillah Khan - Maestro from Benaras" / Juhi Sinha - 2011 [Rs. 795,
US $18.07]

2. Antonio Gramsci / Antonio A. Santucci - 2011 [Rs. 375, US $8.52]

3. Leela : A Patchwork Life / Leela Naidu & Jerry Pinto - [Rs. 450, US
$10.23]

4. India's Great Masters : A Photographic Journey into the Heart of
Classical Music / Ashok Vajpeyi (Text) & Raghu Rai (Photographs) - [Rs.
3325.00, US $75.57]

5. My Name is Gauhar Jaan : The Life and Times of a Musician / Vikram
Sampath - [Rs. 595, US $13.52]

6. Kaifi and I / Shaukat Kaifi (Traslated by Nasreen Rehman) - [Rs.
350, US $7.95]

7. Rukmini Devi : A Life / Leela Samson - [Rs. 550, US $12.50]

8. Unlikely Hero : Om Puri / Nandita C. Puri - [Rs. 395, US $8.98]

9. An Indian for All Seasons : The Many Lives of R.C. Dutt / Meenakshi
Mukherjee - [Rs. 399, US $9.07]

10. Burning Bright : Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur
/ Deepti Priya Mehrotra - [Rs. 275, US $6.25]

11. Sonia : A Biography / Rasheed Kidwai - [Rs. 425, US $9.66]

12. Writing Life : Three Gujarati Thinkers / Tridip Suhrud - [Rs. 525,
US $11.93]

13. JINNAH : India Partition Independence / Jaswant Singh - [Rs. 695,
US $15.80]

14. Ambedkar : Towards an Enlightened India / Gail Omvedt - [Rs. 250,
US $5.68]

15. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar / Vasant Abaji Dahake (Ed.) - [Rs. 2300, US
$52.27]

16. A.R. Rahman : The Musical Storm / Kamini Mathai - [Rs. 499, US
$11.34]

17. Sonia Gandhi : Trails of Triumph / P. Sood - [Rs. 425, US $9.66]

18. Madhavrao Scindia : A Life / Vir Sanghvi & Namita Bhandare - [Rs.
550, US $12.50]

19. Narendra Modi : The Architect of a Modern State / M.V. Kamath &
Kalindi Randeri - [Rs. 395, US $8.98]

20. Thakur Sri Ram : A Biography / Rajiv Mehrotra - [Rs. 395, US
$8.98]

21. Becoming Che : Guevara's Second and Final Trip through Latin America
/ Carlos 'Calica' Ferrer - [Rs. 275, US $6.25]

22. Celebrating India : Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims (1857- ) /
Meher Fatima Hussian - [Rs. 900, US $20.45]

23. Lata Mangeshker ...in Her Own Voice / Nasren Munni Kabir
(Conversation with) - [Rs. 1500, US $34.09]

24. Swami Vivekananda : The Monarch of Monks / Dushyanta Pandya - [Rs.
790, US $17.95]

25. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa / Dushyanta Pandya - [Rs. 580, US
$13.18]

26. Sri Sarada Devi : The Universal Mother / Dushyanta Pandya - [Rs.
680, US $15.45]

Divine Books, 40/ 5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007, India

27. Encyclopaedia on Mirza Ghalib (2 Vols.) / Shahzad Ahmed Ansari -
[Rs. 6000, US $136.36]

28. Sheikh Abdulla : The Tragic Hero of Kashmir / Ajit Bhattacharjea -
[Rs. 395, US $8.98]

29. Ranjit Singh : Maharaja of the Punjab / Khushwant Singh - [Rs.
275, US $6.25]

30. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay : An Intellectual Biography / Amiya P.
Sen - [Rs. 395, US $8.98]

31. Goodbye Shahzadi : A Biography of Benazir Bhutto / Shyam Bhatia -
[Rs. 295, US $6.70]

32. My Country My Life / L.K. Advani - [Rs. 595, US $13.52]

33. The Name Is Rajinikanth / Gayathri Sreekanth - [Rs. 495, US
$11.25]

34. Death Of A Dictator : The Story Of Saddam Hussein / Tanushree
Podder - [Rs. 225, US $5.11]

35. Into The Mirror : The Untold Story Of Mukhtar Mai / Bronwyn Curran -
[Rs. 325, US $7.39]

36. 50 Military Leaders : Who Changed the World / William Weir - [Rs.
995, US $22.61]

37. Biographical Encyclopedia of Afghanistan / Adamec - [Rs. 1850, US
$42.05]

38. Born to Dare : The Life of Lt Gen. Inderjit Singh Gill / S.
Muthiah - [Rs. 495, US $11.25]

39. The Devadasi and the Saint: The Life and Times of Bangalore
Nagarathnamma / V. Sriram - [Rs. 275, US $6.25]

40. Delhi Metropolitan : The Making of an Unlikely City / Ranjana
Sengupta - [Rs. 250, US $5.68]

41. The Oxford India Gandhi : Essential Writings / Gopalkrishna Gandhi
(Comp. & Ed.) - [Rs. 850, US $19.32]

42. Deendayal Upadhyaya : A Vibrant Humanist / Suresh Kumar Soni -
[Rs. 500, US $11.36]

43. About Me : Apni Khabar / Pandey Bechan Sharma (Tr. Ruth Vanita) -
[Rs. 250, US $5.68]

44. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches : A Ready Reference
Manual of, 17 Vols. / D.C. Ahir - [Rs. 1500, US $34.09]

45. Field Marshal KM Cariappa / KC Cariappa - [Rs. 1250, US $28.41]

46. Inside Story of Sardar Patel : The Diary of Maniben Patel / P.N.
Chopra & Prabha Chopra - [Rs. 995, US $22.61]

47. Life and Works of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan / S.R. Sharma -
[Rs. 775, US $17.61]

48. Harilal Gandhi : A Life / Tridip Suhrud (Ed. & Tr.) - [Rs. 745, US
$16.93]

49. Bhagat Singh : The Jail Notebook and other Writings / Lal, Chaman -
[Rs. 350, US $7.95]

50. Forgive me Amma : The Life and Times of Dhanraj Pillay / Misra,
Sundeep - [Rs. 395, US $8.98]

Books on Sociology

1. Collected Works of Dr. Rammanohar Lohia, 9 Vols. / Mastram Kapoor
(Ed.) - 2011 [Rs. 9000, US $204.55]

2. Broken Mirrors : The Dowry Problem in India / Robin Wyatt - 2011 [Rs.
350, US $7.95]

3. Political Economy of Production and Reproduction : Caste, Custom, and
Community in North India / Prem Chowdhry - 2011 [Rs. 895, US $20.34]

4. India : Social Development Report / Council for Social
Development - [Rs. 475, US $10.80]

5. Violence Law & Women's Right In South Asia / R.K. Dinkar & S.S.
Dinkar - [Rs. 795, US $18.07]

6. Identities and Histories : Women's Writing and Politics in Bengal /
Sarmistha Dutta Gupta - [Rs. 700, US $15.91]

7. My Two Indias : A Journey to the End of Opportunity / S. Mitra
Kalita - [Rs. 399, US $9.07]

8. Indian Diaspora In Africa : A Comparative Perspective / Ajay Dubey -
[Rs. 795, US $18.07]

9. The Muslim Mindset, Terrorism and Jihad In Islam / Habibur Rehman -
[Rs. 375, US $8.52]

10. Excluded People in India : Problems and Prospect / Rajas Parchure,
S.N. Tripathy & J.R. Ambewadikar (Eds.) - 2011 [Rs. 2025, US $46.02]

11. Patterns in Philosophy and Sociology of Religions / Mihaela Gligor &
Sherry Sabbarwal (Eds.) - 2011 [Rs. 675, US $15.34]

12. Diaspora, Development and Democracy : The Domestic Impact of
International Migration from India / Devesh Kapur - [Rs. 795, US $18.07]

13. Gender and Green Governance : The Political Economy of Women's
Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry / Bina Agarwal - [Rs. 625,
US $14.20]

14. Religion, Caste & Politics in India / Christophe Jaffrelot - [Rs.
2125, US $48.30]

15. Untouchability : An Indian Life History / A.K. Singh - 2011 [Rs.
995, US $22.61]

16. Changing Religious Roles of Women in Pre-Modern Asia / Ramakant
Tiwari - [Rs. 795, US $18.07]

Divine Books, 40/ 5, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007, India

17. Out of this Earth : East India Adivasis and the Aluminium Cartel /
Felix Padel & Samarendra Das - [Rs. 895, US $20.34]

18. Dalit Theology in the Twenty-first Century : Discordant Voices,
Discerning Pathways / Sathianathan Clarke, et al (Ed.) - [Rs. 745, US
$16.93]

19. Women's Liberation : The Arya Samaj Movement in India / Sangeeta
Sharma - [Rs. 595]

20. Historical Demography and Agrarian Regimes : Understanding Southern
Indian Fertility, 1881-1981 / Ravindran Gopinath - [Rs. 650, US $14.77]

21. Interrogating Development : Insights from the Margins / Frederique
Apffel-Marglin et at - [Rs. 895]

22. New Understanding of Indian Society : Encounters with Sociology /
S.R. Mehta - [Rs. 995]

23. Oxford Handbook of Population and Development / A.K. Shiva Kumar et
al (Eds.) - [Rs. 795]

24. Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of Asia / P.K. Arora -
2011 [Rs. 850, US $19.32]

25. Dalit Theology in the Twenty-First Century / Sathianathan Clarke et
al (Eds.) - [Rs. 745]

26. Poverty, Inequality, and Population : Essays in Development and
Applied Measurement / S. Subramanian & D. Jayaraj - [Rs. 750, US $17.05]

27. Universities at the Crossroads / Andre Beteille - [Rs. 550, US
$12.50]

28. Punjab Peasantry in Turmoil / Birinder Pal Singh (Ed.) - [Rs. 950,
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Subject: H-ASIA: REVIEW: Dale on Bang and Bayly, eds. _Tributary Empires in
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> H-ASIA
> March 25, 2012
>
> Book Review (orig. pub. H-Soz-u-Kult) by Stephen Dale on Peter Fibiger
> Bang and C. A. Bayly (editors) _Tributary Empires in Global History_ (=
> Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series).
>
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> Forwarded by Charles Becker <becker.leschar@yahoo.com>
> (x-post H-Empire)
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>
> Peter Fibiger Bang and C. A. Bayly (editors) _Tributary Empires in Global
> History_ (= Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series).
> Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2011. ISBN 9780230294721; 294 S.; EUR
> 75,99.
>
> Rezensiert fur geschichte.transnational und H-Soz-u-Kult von:
> Stephen F. Dale, Department of History, Ohio State University
> E-Mail: <dale.1@osu.edu>
>
> When accomplished scholars produce essays for a conference or
> intellectual project the collective result is rarely as coherent,
> stimulating or influential as research they have individually published
> in monographs or as essays. Herding cats might be easier than coercing
> scholars to address a single theme, idea or model, and unless editors
> are able to assume dictatorial powers, joint volumes tend to contain
> disparate contributions, which are fated to have little long-term
> influence. Such is the case with the present volume, containing essays
> on historiography, sociological theory and historical comparison of what
> the book's editors term "tributary empires," that is empires whose
> prosperity and power were derived from taxation of agrarian resources.
>
> Two fundamental problems vitiate the significance of a volume, which
> contains some fine individual essays. First, agrarian empires
> constitutes a vast and unwieldy subject and the editors and contributors
> do not seem to have agreed to limit the possible subjects under this
> rubric to a manageable number, which might then be addressed by each
> essayist. Second, although comparative history is a major focus or theme
> of this volume, no attempt has been made to seriously address what
> comparison means or what it might produce, apart from a brief mention of
> diachronic or synchronic analysis. Marc Bloch once described comparison
> as the "dialectic" of historical analysis, by which he alluded to the
> inductive reasoning process, which his teacher, Emil? Durkheim knew from
> his study of Aristotelian logic, could produce generalizations that
> represented real knowledge. Bloch himself wrote an essay on comparative
> history that could be a starting point for discussion of comparative
> history.
>
> Having said this, the three essays on historiography, which constitute
> Part I of this volume by Christopher Bayly, Fabriozo De Donno and Baki
> Tezcan, are each in their own way articulate discussions of historical
> writing on the British, Italian and Ottoman empires. The first two
> particularly resonate with one another as they involve discussion of
> British authors and both British and Italian ruminations on the Roman
> and British empires. Baki Tezcan's essay on Ahmed Cevdet stands alone,
> but represents a persuasive analysis of a later Ottoman scholar coming
> to terms with fundamental changes in the structure of the Ottoman state.
> None of the authors offer comparative observations about imperial
> historiography, perhaps because it is so obvious that historians reflect
> their times as much as poets and novelists. On their own terms, these
> essays are three of the most satisfying in the volume.
>
> Part II: "Theoretical Perspectives on Empire," contains five essays of
> varying quality. Two of them, W. G. Runciman's "Empire as a Topic in
> Comparative Sociology" and Andre Wink's "Post-Nomadic Empires: From the
> Mongols to the Mughals," offer little to the students of tributary
> states. In his essay, Runicman introduces readers to the use of
> "neo-Darwinian sociological theory," which he has outlined in a recent
> volume on cultural selection. Yet, it is so brief and tentative, as to
> be virtually useless, and his concluding remark that empires, or in his
> terms "convenient states" "cannot but be difficult to sustain for
> reasons which lie deep in the past evolution of the human species as
> such" is frustratingly enigmatic. Wink's essay, while making the
> legitimate point about the difficulty, or impossibility of establishing
> nomadic states in India, makes both dubious and erroneous comments about
> Muslim empires in the subcontinent. Thus, in the course of discussing
> the first Turkic empires, presumably alluding to the Ghaznavids and
> Ghurids, he writes that these states were "Arguably...the first real
> empires in India," without considering the Mauryas, Guptas, Cholas and
> others. If this statement is questionable, then his identification of
> the Mughals as nomadic Mongols is simply wrong. The Mughals were Turks,
> that is Timurids, who had long been sedentarized, and while they
> employed true Mongol contingents in their armies, the entire ethos of
> the early Mughal state of 1526, as the empire's founder, Babur makes
> clear in his remarkable autobiography, was agrarian and sedentary, if
> you will, "civilized."
>
> Essays by Michal Tymowski, David Ludden and Giovani Salmeri in Part II
> are far more satisfactory and make useful points. Tymowski particularly
> offers an important summary of the idiosyncratic characteristics of
> pre-European African empires, while Ludden provides piquant data about
> two "frontier" districts in South India and generalizes plausibly about
> the nature of empire, based upon information derived from both Mughal
> and British imperial rule in these two areas. Salmeri, as the title of
> his article clearly indicates, provides a well-documented capsule
> history of Sicily from Roman times to the eighteenth century, and it
> could be seen by attentive readers to implicitly involve some of the
> questions of center and periphery that Ludden addresses in his
> discussion about the two South Indian districts. However, neither these
> two authors nor any of the others in Part II engage their fellow
> contributors in a comparative discussion.
>
> Finally, in Part III, five authors have each written essays comparing
> two empires. Peter Fibiger Bang compares the universal claims of Roman
> and Mughal emperors, Walter Scheidel, discusses the "First Great
> Divergence" between Eastern and Western Eurasia, Chris Wickham contrasts
> the state structures of the late Roman Empire and the Arab or Umayyad
> Caliphate and Stephen Blake analyses the similarities and differences of
> court ceremonials in the three so-called "early modern" Muslim empires.
> Finally, in one of the most extensive essays in the volume, Karen Barkey
> and Rudi Batzell compare the social structure of the Ottoman, Russian
> and Habsburg empires.
>
> Bang's essay is predictably strong on Roman history but based on only a
> few Mughal materials and thus his comparison has limited value.
> Scheidel's contribution is a rarity in this volume as he explicitly
> discusses the material of another contributor, Chris Wickham, but his
> essay is as lopsided as Bang's, with most of the essay devoted to
> pre-Tang China, with only the briefest allusions to the Roman empire and
> Europe. Wickham, in contrast, does discuss both Late Rome and the
> Umayyad Caliphate, and not only raises questions about the general
> problems of comparison but identifies some useful similarities and
> differences in these two empires. Unfortunately his essay is so brief,
> in his words "a think piece," it does not take readers very far. Blake's
> contribution is one of the most satisfying in the volume, as it deals
> with a limited subject, court ceremonial in three Muslim empires, the
> Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal he has previously studied and which he
> discusses with easy authority. Finally Barkey and Batzell, respectively
> Ottoman and European historians, provide the most substantial essay in
> Part III, as they have the knowledge both to make substantial
> comparisons among these three empires during the seventeenth century,
> the focus of their piece, and also to offer three "sociological
> conclusions" about them. These conclusions are not startlingly radical
> or surprising, but they are based upon a balanced, careful assessment of
> the empires in this period.
>
> In conclusion then this volume, like so many other collections of
> essays, is more elegant in the conception than the execution. Many of
> the distinguished contributors offer cogent observations, but taken as a
> whole the collection does not represent a signal contribution to the
> study of empires, tributary or otherwise. Nearly all of the individual
> authors have published more important work elsewhere, and readers
> interested in their scholarship ought to look to these articles or
> volumes for their insights into empires or methodological issues.
>
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