The Yantras
The Yantras

Author: Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13:

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Use of mystical designs and diagrams.

Hayagrīva in South India
Hayagrīva in South India

Author: Kamala Elizabeth Nayar

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9047413040

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This book is about how mythology may be purposively adapted in the service of theology. It does so at the hand of Hayagrīva, since the 14th century C.E. revered as a full form of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu in the local Śrīvaiṣṇava tradition of South India, but originally a relatively minor pan-Indian deity. Convincingly laying bare the complexity in respect of the pan-Indian images of Hayagrīva, it makes clear that there is no single unilinear history of this deity. It subsequently reconstructs the ‘Śrīnivaiṣṇava History’ of Hayagrīva, and brings out the selectivity involved in borrowing materials from the pan-Indian and local levels. Amidst the incredible complexity encountered here, this study exposes, however, that the emblems and functions of different images show continuity, although a god’s status may change according to the sect.

A History of Indian Philosophy
A History of Indian Philosophy

Author: Surendranath Dasgupta

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9788120804135

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The work appears in five volumes. Vol. I comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz.., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools. Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the Principal Dualistic and Pluralistic Systems such as the philosophy of the Pancaratra, Bhaskara, Yamuna, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Vijnanabhiksu and philosophical speculations of some of the selected Puranas. Vol. IV deals with the Bhagavata Purana, Madhva and his School, Vallabha, Caitanya, Jiva Gosvami and Baladeva Vidyabhusana. Vol. V treats the Southern Schools of Saivism, viz., Saiva Siddhanta, Vira Saivism, philosophy of Srikantha. Saiva Philosophy in the Puranas and in some important texts. In the words of the Oxford Journal 'the collection of data, editing and the interpretation of every school of thought is a feat unparalleled in the field of history of philosophy.'

Tantra, Mantra, Yantra
Tantra, Mantra, Yantra

Author: Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 96

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Interpretive study of esoteric sounds (mantras) and symbols (yantras) used in Tantrism.