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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Manimekalai, one of the masterpieces of Tamil literature, gives us, a delightful insight into the ways of life, the pleasures, beliefs, and philosophical concepts of a refined civilization. The story relates the adventures of a dancing girl who becomes a convert to Buddhism. Manimekalai calls into question many of our received ideas concerning ancient India as well as our interpretation of the sources of its present-day religion and philosophy. In its clear accounts of the philosophical concepts of the time, the Manimekalai presents the various currents of pre-Aryan thought (mainly preserved by the Ajivika ascetics and Jain monks) which gradually influenced the Vedic Aryan world and became an essential part of it and, through Buddhism, spread over the whole of the Far East and Central Asia. The society in which the action of the Manimekalai takes place has little to do with the Aryanized civilization of the north which we know from Sanskrit texts. Although important cultural exchanges between the Aryan and Dravidian worlds had already taken place by this time, the latter was still able to maintain its independence, some of its features continuing even to our own times. The centre of religious and political power is the king. As in ancient China, the god's favour and the country's prosperity depend on the King's virtue. Spiritual and religious life is guided by sages, seers (rishis), who lead an ascetic life, living in the mountains or in secluded places. It appears that Dravidian society did not originally possess a priestly caste. However, during the Manimekalai period, groups of Brahmans from the north had already established themselves in villages or parts of the towns, forming separate communities which were treated sometimes with respect and sometimes with hostility.…

Pp. xv, 193. Gray cloth, no lettering on spine, green pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. All of the fungi reported so far, except for the Myxomycetes, have been included in this handbook. Some of them are collections made during the 1964-1968 by the authors. In all more than 750 genera are presented in the pages of this monograph. Signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Rare work. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.…

23 cm, Ledereinband, SU. 206 S., In englischer Sprache. SU mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren.Mit Widmung auf Vorsatz, sonst guter Zustand. In english language. Book jacket shows slight traces of usage. With dedication note on fly-leaf. Fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.