Author : Purnaprajna Das
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Narasiṃha (Hindu deity)
ISBN : 9788184030273
Prayers and hymns to Nr̥siṃha, Hindu deity.
Author :
Publisher : David Bruce Hughes
Page : pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
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Author : Sridhar Chitta
Publisher : StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2022-01-07
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9392661614
About Book: The book explores the relation between the Divine Reality and the ritualistic worship practised by Hindus. The first chapter describes interpretations of the symbols used by Rishis in Rig Vedic hymns and of important slokas of Isha Upanishad and also describes the Vedic and Sankhyaic Paradigms, which are frameworks for the knowledge embodying Creation. In the following three chapters, discussions of the origins of the Vedas and the evolution of Vedic auxiliary texts are provided. In most Hindu households, worshippers seldom discuss the spiritual significance of mantras and sthothrams making it appear that the Gods they worship are different from reality. The fifth and following chapters are interpretations of the Lalitha and Vishnu sahasranaamas, Ganapathi Vaibhavam, Sri Rudra and Gajendra Moksham including their spiritual context. About the Author: Sridhar Chitta is a retired Professor of Electronics and Communication Engineering after several years of service in industries in India, the Middle East and Canada. When discussing spiritual matters with friends and colleagues, he noted their lack of awareness of the spiritual context of daily worship and felt a strong desire to write a book that discusses the connection. Sri Aurobindo's scholarly interpretation of the Vedas and Upanishads made a deep impression on him and led him to explore the spiritual significance of the sahasranaamas and sthothrams of Hindu Devathas. After spending more than 5 years researching and listening to a few hundred discourses, he began writing The Knowledge in the Vedas in 2018. He presently resides in Hyderabad, India and continues to explore spirituality. He has also authored Fundamentals of Electric Theory and Circuits, marketed by Wiley, India.
Author : Dr. G. R. Vijayakumar
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 40,89 MB
Release : 2015-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8120792750
Sri Narasimha Swamiji was a lively, energetic and studious child brought up in a deeply religious and generous atmosphere. Later, he became a leading lawyer, politician and a person of social eminence. A tragedy in the family acted as a turning point, as he left the warmth and security of his home. His quest lasted for more than eleven years until he went to Shirdi to obtain a ‘darshan’ of Sai Baba’s samadhi. It was that historic day, 29th August 1936, which changed the course of his life. Sai Baba took possession of Narasimha Swamiji. He became an evangelist and spread the message of Sai Baba all over the country. As long as Sai Baba’s name is there in this universe, Narasimha Swamiji will be remembered, with reverence and faith.
Author : Jīva Gosvāmī
Publisher :
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Chaitanya (Sect)
ISBN :
Sanskrit treatise with English translation expounding the philosophy of Chaitanya school in Vaishnavism.
Author : Appaswamy Srinivasa Raghavan
Publisher :
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 28,96 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Vishnu (Hindu deity)
ISBN :
Visṇụsahasranāma, a hymn to Vishnu from the Mahabharata, lists his 1000 names.
Author : Deborah A. Soifer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 38,87 MB
Release : 1991-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1438420633
The Sanskrit Puranas and epics are replete with stories of the avatars, incarnations of the god Visnu in various forms to rid the universe of malevolent forces and to restore the proper cosmic balance. As Narasimha, half-man half-lion, Visnu finds a loophole in the pact of invulnerability the demon Hiranaipu has received from god Brahma, and rends the demon apart with his claws. As the brahmin dwarf, Vamana, Visnu deceives the demon Bali with his diminutive appearance and thwarts Bali's attempt to gain universal sovereignty. After carefully analyzing the myths of Vamana and Narasimha, Deborah Soifer grounds her study in the textual history of each avatar and its myth, in their religious contexts, and in the intricate cosmology of the classical period of Hinduism. Contrasting the bestial persona of Narasimha with Vamana's priestly appearance and his associations with early cosmologic themes, she finds complementarity and significance in this pair as they are viewed in the larger context of periodic cosmic destructions and recreations. While focusing primarily on these two mythological figures, Soifer's work explores the relationship between dharma and the 'devious' acts of gods; the interplay between cosmic and 'sociocosmic' levels of reality; and the relationship between cosmology, theology, and soteriology in a religious worldview.
Author : Bhaktisiddhartha Dasanudas
Publisher : Harinam Arts Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 2000-07
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ISBN : 097035861X
Author : His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Publisher : The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Page : 1284 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
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Category : Religion
ISBN : 9171496610
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrta is the main work on the life and teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of Krishna who appeared in India five hundred years ago. Lord Chaitanya introduced the chanting of the holy names of God as the prescribed method of God-realization for our time. He began what is today called the Hare Krishna movement, since the movement's founder, Srila Prabhupada, comes in the Chaitanya line of spiritual masters. Lord Chaitanya transformed the face of India in four respects: philosophically, by encountering, defeating and converting the greatest philosophers and thinkers of His day; religiously, by organizing the largest, most widespread theistic movement in India's history; socially, by His strong challenges to the religious inequities of the caste system; politically, by His organization of a massive civil disobedience movement in Bengal, more than four centuries before Gandhi. This English translation with commentary, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, reveals his consummate Bengali and Sanskrit scholarship, his intimate familiarity with the precepts of Sri Chaitanya, and his pure devotion to God.
Author : Swami Tapasyananda
Publisher : Sri Ramakrishna Math
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2022-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam is one of the most popular texts among the Hindus. It at once appeals to the heart and the mind of the devotee. The Sahasranamam brings out the universality of the Divine and is therefore fit to be chanted by all. This book contains original verses in Sanskrit, their transliterations and translations. The translation into English has been done by Swami Tapasyananda on the lines of Sri Shankaracharya’s commentary. The mode of presentation is just like a lexicon which at once helps a person to look out for any needed term and contemplate on it. The namavali at the end would be useful for chanting purposes. This work would be useful to anyone who would like to purify his mind by contemplating the names and their meanings. Swami Tapasyananda was a scholar-monk of great repute and one of the vice-presidents of the Ramakrishna Order.
