DescriptionOld Deccan Tales is a collection of folk tales from India’s rich fairyland where rajas, ranis, rakshas, jackals, magicians, and cobras prevail. Children will enjoy the daring, brave, and wonderful creatures and people that populate the stories
Description: The title of each of the books in this series indicates some aspect of the Vedic/Sanskrit Religion-Philosophic Tradition. The Descent of the Sun is a fairy tale that F.W. Bain found in an old Hindu manuscript in which we can enjoy the fantast
Description: The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is an epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kauravas and the Pandava princes as well as containing philosophical and devotional material, such as
Description: An integration of two words, 'Git' and 'Anjali,' meaning song and offering respectively, the literal meaning of the word is 'offering of songs.' and because of the strong devotional tone and subliminal spiritual incitation, the book can be said to have devotion to god as its theme. It highlights the poet's intense response to the magnificence of the universe or rather an affirmation of life with all its abundance, mystery and diversity.
Supplemental catalog subcollection information: American Libraries Collection; Historical Literature; Reprint. Originally published: AES, 1891; Includes bibliographical references
Description: Kālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language. Nothing apart from his works is known with certainty about the life of Kālidāsa, such as where he lived or the dates of his birth and death. According to legend, he was known for his beauty, which brought him to the attention of Princess Vidyottama and she married him. However, as legend has it, Kālidāsa had grown up without much ...
Description: This is part III of the Sacred Books of the East Satapatha Brahamana translation, containing Books V, VI and VII. This portion is notable for the description of the extended Vedic creation myth. This includes a mention of a 'cosmic egg,' a ke
Description: The Institutes Of Vishnu Translated by Julius Jolly This Hindu law book contains descriptions of yogic practises, and a moving hymn to the Goddess Prajapati. The Vishnu-smriti or Vaishnava Dharmasâstra or Vishnu-sûtra is in the main a coll
Description: This is the first complete public domain translation of the Ramayana to be placed online. The Ramayana is one of the two epic Hindu poems, the other being the Mahabharata. The Ramayana describes a love story between Rama, an ancient King, and
Description: The S'rimad Devi Bhagawatam translated by Swami Vijnanananda (Hari Prasanna Chatterji). This is one of the Upapuranas, devoted to the Devi (Goddess).
Description: This is the Ralph T.H. Griffith translation of the Atharvaveda. The Atharvaveda is a Vedic-era collection of spells, prayers, charms, and hymns. There are prayers to protect crops from lightning and drought, charms against venomous serpents
Description: This is an abridged verse translation of the two longest epic poems in world literature, the Ramayana and Mahabharata. This translation is surprisingly readable and very moving once you get used to the rhymed couplet format. This also serves
Description: This is a version of the Ramayana in Sanskrit derived from files created by Prof. Muneo Tokunaga of Kyoto and edited by John D. Smith. This has parallel Devanagari and Romanization. We have not attempted to cross-reference this yet with the G
Description: This is a blank-verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) retelling of a popular story from the Mahabharata, the tale of Ruru and Priyumvada. The hero, Ruru, quests into the afterlife to beg for the resurrection of his beloved bride, Priyumvada, kil
DescriptionThis is part IV of the Sacred Books of the East Satapatha Brahamana translation, containing Books VIII, IX and X. Table of Contents: Eighth Kânda VIII, 1, 1. First Adhyâya. First Brâhmana VIII, 1, 2. Second Brâhmana VIII, 1, 3. Third Brâhman
Description: This is a translation of an abridged version of the Garuda Purana. The Garuda Purana is one of the Vishnu Puranas. It is in the form of a dialog between Vishnu and Garuda, the King of Birds. The second section of this Purana (given here) deal