Verses of Vemana - Scholar's Choice Edition
Verses of Vemana - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author: C. P. Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-17

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781296095925

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Flowers Of Wisdom
Flowers Of Wisdom

Author: P.C. Babu

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9788171416950

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Wisdom is flowering from every nook and corner of the world and it is guiding the human race in progressing ahead with all successes. The wisdom of Nagarjuna, Aarya, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Muhammad, Laotse, Zoroaster, Talmud, Solomon, Buddha, Basavanna, Guru Nanak, Thiru Kural, Vemana, Asia, Jainism, Mahabharata etc., are explained in detail in this book. The book on the wisdom of the whole world will make the mankind memorable.

Vijayanagara Voices
Vijayanagara Voices

Author: William J. Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1317001931

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The Vijayanagara Empire flourished in South India between 1336 and 1565. Conveying the depth and creativity of Hindu religious and literary expression during that time, Vijayanagara Voices explores some of the contributions made by poets, singer-saints, and philosophers. Through translations and discussions of their lives and times, Jackson presents the voices of these cultural figures and reflects on the concerns of their era, looking especially into the vivid images in their works and their legends. He examines how these images convey both spiritual insights and physical experiences with memorable candour. The studies also raise intriguing questions about the empire's origins and its response to Muslim invaders, its 'Hinduness', and reasons for its ultimate decline. Vijayanagara Voices is a book about patterns in history, literature and life in South India. By examining the culture's archetypal displays, by understanding the culture in its own terms, and by comparing associated images and ideas from other cultures, this book offers unique insights into a rich and influential period in Indian history.

The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor

Author: John Barth

Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Published: 2016-01-12

Total Pages: 737

ISBN-13: 1628972009

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This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is "one of the most diverting...to roam the world since Candide." "A feast. Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this satire of the 18th-century picaresque novel-think Fielding's Tom Jones or Sterne's Tristram Shandy -is also an earnest picture of the pitfalls awaiting innocence as it makes its unsteady way in the world. It's the late 17th century and Ebenezer Cooke is a poet, dutiful son and determined virgin who travels from England to Maryland to take possession of his father's tobacco (or "sot weed") plantation. He is also eventually given to believe that he has been commissioned by the third Lord Baltimore to write an epic poem, The Marylandiad. But things are not always what they seem. Actually, things are almost never what they seem. Not since Candide has a steadfast soul witnessed so many strange scenes or faced so many perils. Pirates, Indians, shrewd prostitutes, armed insurrectionists - Cooke endures them all, plus assaults on his virginity from both women and men. Barth's language is impossibly rich, a wickedly funny take on old English rhetoric and American self-appraisals. For good measure he throws in stories within stories, including the funniest retelling of the Pocahontas tale -revealed to us in the "secret" journals of Capt. John Smith - that anyone has ever dared to tell." —Time Magazine