Conquest of the Four Quarters
Conquest of the Four Quarters

Author: Jonathan Bader

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13:

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This study examines the hagiographies composed prior to and including the Sankara digvijaya ,eight works in all.Selections from seven previously untranslated texts are presented here for the first time.The book considers how Sankara has been received in India,focusing specifically on the conceptual models upon which his life story is constructed.Firstly,there are the mythic foundations.Secondly,the sense of place is established through the narratives of ? Sankara s all-India tour.

Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vol. 1: The Translation
Expounding the Mathematical Seed. Vol. 1: The Translation

Author: Agathe Keller

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-06-22

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 3764375922

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In the 5th century, the Indian mathematician Aryabhata wrote a small but famous work on astronomy in 118 verses called the Aryabhatiya. Its second chapter gives a summary of Hindu mathematics up to that point, and 200 years later, the Indian astronomer Bhaskara glossed that chapter. This volume is a literal English translation of Bhaskara’s commentary complete with an introduction.

Monks and Magicians
Monks and Magicians

Author: Phyllis Granoff

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9788120811867

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The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta provides a clear, concise and