World Catalogue of Insects
World Catalogue of Insects

Author: Thomas Sobczyk

Publisher: UWA Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9788788757989

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Concerns about global biodiversity are rising dramatically, yet we are lagging behind in the most basic prerequisite for its understanding and conservation: the inventory. Insect species may make up five or ten times the number of all other plant and animal species combined, and, as such, they represent one of the major challenges in biosystematic science. World Catalogue of Insects is an initiative aimed at compiling worldscale, authoritative catalogues of monophyletic insect taxa. Volumes in this series contain standard nomenclatoral information on all names pertaining to the taxon treated, including type locality and distribution, to the extent this is relevant. Additional information is optional, e. g., location, status, and condition of types; biology; bibliographical information; pest status; vector status; etc. This volume ten focuses on Psychidae (Lepidoptera). (Series: World Catalogue of Insects)

The Mahavamsa
The Mahavamsa

Author: Thera Mahanama-sthavira

Publisher: Jain Publishing Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13: 0895819066

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The Himalayan Masters
The Himalayan Masters

Author: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

Publisher: Himalayan Institute Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780893892272

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The tradition of the Himalayan sages that exists today is an unbroken chain that extends for more than 5,000 years. Undisturbed by the passage of time, this traditionis not concerned with teachings that apply only to a particular era of history or geographical region of the world--its entire emphasis is on the experience of the universal truth of who we are. The Himalayan Masters: A Living Tradition explores the lives and teachings of eight prominent sages of this timeless tradition--men who knew how to be successful in daily life while experiencing the innermost truths of life here and hereafter. Pandit Tigunait brings the experiences and teachings of these great masters to life, with practical insights into how to discover and understand life's richest secrets for ourselves. Purchase your copy of The Himalayan Masters: A Living Tradition and discover the perennial wisdom of the Himalayan sages.

Psychidae (Lepidoptera)
Psychidae (Lepidoptera)

Author: Thomas Sobczyk

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-01-21

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 9004261044

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Comprises about 1,324 species. This is 300 more than any figure given for Psychidae so far.

Shiva's Own Story
Shiva's Own Story

Author: K. Chandra Sekhar

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 803

ISBN-13: 1609764250

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The 'Brihakatha', or Lord Shiva's narrative to his wife Parvati, is featured in Gunadhya's epic composition 'Katha Sarita Sagara' in Sanskrit. Somadeva's adaptation retains the storyline, with Lord Shiva substituting for Lord Kubera, the God of Wealth. C H Tawney, blending pure Hindu mythology with Buddhist and tantric beliefs, translated the story into English as The Ocean of a Story, which runs 12 volumes and includes footnotes. Shiva's Own Story is a condensed version of Tawney's work. The setting of the stories is India in the 10th and 11th centuries, when the country was composed of many small kingdoms and fiefdoms. There was no dearth of monarchs with dynastic ambitions. The king was usually advised by an intelligent and devoted Brahman minister. The heir apparent, the crown prince, had a circle of friends, mostly sons of the king's ministers, who became part of the cabinet when the prince became king. Intrigue was rife and matrimonial alliances were often a strategy to expand the kingdom. In a country where illiteracy is still formidable, storytelling is a means of promoting and propagating religious and moral culture.

Querying the Medieval
Querying the Medieval

Author: Ronald Inden

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000-06-08

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0195352432

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Indologist Ronald Inden has in the past raised questions about the images of a "traditional" or "medieval" India deployed by colonial scholars and rulers--"Orientalists"--and has also argued that a history of "early medieval" India very different from both the colonial and nationalist accounts could be written. This volume is designed as an important first step towards that goal. The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of precolonial India. All three essays challenge not only colonialist scholarship but the attempts by religious nationalists to identify Hinduism as the essence of national identity in India and Buddhism as the essence of nationality in Sri Lanka.