Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2010
ISBN 10: 8187586052 ISBN 13: 9788187586050
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Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2012
ISBN 10: 8187586583 ISBN 13: 9788187586586
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. First. 178pp.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations in association with International Federation of Philosophical Societies, 1998
ISBN 10: 8121508762 ISBN 13: 9788121508766
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Paperback. 138pp. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2002
ISBN 10: 8187586087 ISBN 13: 9788187586081
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Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2008
ISBN 10: 8180695441 ISBN 13: 9788180695445
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Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations
ISBN 10: 8187586117 ISBN 13: 9788187586111
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. xxx + 466.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2004
ISBN 10: 818758615X ISBN 13: 9788187586159
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Condizione: New. pp. xxxiv + 553 Figures.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2012
ISBN 10: 8187586257 ISBN 13: 9788187586258
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. xxviii + 654 Illus.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2009
ISBN 10: 8180695956 ISBN 13: 9788180695957
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. xxxv + 563.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations 201
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Setting 1 Cultural China the periphery as the center 2 The search for roots in industrial East Asia 3 Implications of the rise of Confucian East Asia the case of the Confucian revival 4 Beyond the enlightenment mentality 5 Destructive will and ideological holocaust Maoism as a source of social suffering in China 6 Chinas cultural renaissance II Way 7 Chinese philosophy a synoptic view 8 The Confucian way III Discourse 9 The Confucian sage exemplar of personal knowledge 10 Sociality individuality and anthropocosmic vision in Confucian humanism 11 Pain and humanity in the Confucian learning of the heart and mind 12 Embodied knowledge body heartmind and spirit in Confucian aesthetics and ethics 13 The ecological turn in new Confucian humanism implications for China and the world Index This collection of essays is at present the most comprehensive presentation of Tu Weimings intellectual pursuit for the last three decades Part I offers an insight on the thoughtful and influential discourses he has been instrumental in developing cultural China the implications of the rise of East Asia the significance of the Confucian cultural area in the modernizing process the continuous presence of traditions in modernity reflection on the enlightenment mentality of the modern west and multiple modernities Part II gives a panoramic view of the unfolding of the Confucian tradition from historical philosophical and religious perspectives It is an interpretation based on personal knowledge and experiential understanding as well as critical analysis Part III observes the creative transformation of Confucian humanism with a view toward the future It is an illustration of Confucianism as a form of spiritual humanism which seeks integration of the mind and body fruitful interaction between self and community sustainable relationship between the human species and nature and mutual responsiveness between the human heart and the way of heaven Tu anticipates the flourishing of Confucianism in the 21st century He believes that it will be a major spiritual resource for rethinking the human in the global community jacket 412 pp.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2008
ISBN 10: 818758629X ISBN 13: 9788187586296
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Condizione: New. pp. xxxi + 580.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2004
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Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. 354pp. A very good copy in black boards without dj.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2004
ISBN 10: 8187586184 ISBN 13: 9788187586180
Da: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germania
Condizione: New. pp. xxxviii + 493.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2013
ISBN 10: 8187586591 ISBN 13: 9788187586593
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. xliii + 831 Illus. (Mostly Col.).
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2010
ISBN 10: 8187586214 ISBN 13: 9788187586210
Da: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations
ISBN 10: 8187586338 ISBN 13: 9788187586333
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. lxvi + 851 Illus.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations / PHISPC, New Delhi, 2013
ISBN 10: 8187586605 ISBN 13: 9788187586609
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. First. 572pp.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2004
ISBN 10: 8187586125 ISBN 13: 9788187586128
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Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations / PHISPC, New Delhi, 2014
ISBN 10: 8187586664 ISBN 13: 9788187586661
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. First. 625pp.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2010
ISBN 10: 818758646X ISBN 13: 9788187586463
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Contents General IntroductionDP Chattopadhyaya Editors Contributors Introduction Science and the public The space for discourseAshok Jain1 Science-in-society personal reflectionsYash Pal 2 Science Museum Movement in IndiaSaroj Ghose 3 Institutionalized science and technology popularization in India a descriptive accountSubodh Mahanti 4 Public understanding of scienceGauhar Raza 5 Science at the edge lessons from Africa and IndiaHester du Plessis 6 Education within the framework of people?s scienceVinod Raina 7 Indigenous knowledge ways of knowing feeling and doingAnil K Gupta 8 Public engagement on Intellectual Property Rights lessons from the campaign on TRIPS in IndiaDinesh Abrol 9 Consuming body and shaping policy on the science of healingParthasarathi Banerjee 10 Ways of seeing -- science and technology within their cultural contextStephen Hill 11 Vernacularization of modern science an experiment in Urdu during the nineteenth century IndiaS Irfan Habib 12 Contested discourse conflicting claims constructing colonial forestry in Nineteenth Century IndiaS Sangwan 13 Gender concerns in Indian scienceNeelam Kumar IndexThe volume presents a discourse on ?Science and the Public? in the context of countries like India where the majority of the public still lives in non-industrialized settings Questioning the applicability of prevailing literary trends on the subject to Indian realities an alternate discourse construct is presented Existing literature it is argued has unfolded in the US and Europe since the Second World War in discourse spaces circumscribed by their industrialization and security led science policy agenda -- compulsions of public accountability creating institutionalized policy research capabilities in academia and research tools techniques and approaches to support informed discourse on Science and the Public in the thus constituted spaces As the counterpart space is missing in India?s science policy trajectory an alternate discourse space and construct has been discerned in it that may be termed as Science and the Public rather than Science and the Public Professor Yash Pal?s essay reflects upon the wider context of this relocation Alternate discourse is constituted by aspects of Science reflected in the public understanding of nature Gauhar Raza Hester du Plessis in processes of science education Vinod Raina and in knowing feeling and doing of indigenous knowledge Anil Gupta Science manifested in the livelihoods of the majority public living on margins of industrialization circumscribe a public-space for discourse that views science emanating from organized structures of education scientific research and industry as coming into it from outside The impact of tacit knowledge subjective networks and of multidisciplinary inherent in the former points to the emergence of a new order in the latter Stephen Hill Parthasarathi Banerjee Presents yet another alternate discourse construct as contest between institutions of interlocked systems of knowledge immersed in practices and feeling Bodily Knowledge Chapter on science communication Saroj Ghose and Subodh Mahanti gender issues Neelam Kumar and on mobilizing informed public opinion on patents Dinesh Abrol provide reference points to mainstream international literary trends on the subject Irfan Habib and Satpal Sangwan provide historical perspectives on the theme 356 pp.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2006
ISBN 10: 8187586265 ISBN 13: 9788187586265
Da: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. pp. lxxxix + 832 Index 1st Published.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2004
ISBN 10: 8187586141 ISBN 13: 9788187586142
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardbound. Condizione: As New. New. Contents Part I. I. Gautama Preface. Introduction. II. Vatsyayana Preface. 1. Vatsyayana's definition of Pramana. 2. Objects of knowledge (Prameya). 3. Quibble (chala). 4. Different types of pramana. 5. Science of reasoning. 6. Fallacy (Hetvabhasa). 7. Doubt (Samsaya). 8. List of prameyas. 9. Inference of the self. 10. Highest good. 11. Defect (dosa). 12. Rebirth. 13. Fruition (phala). 14. Pain (Duhkha). 15. Authority of the Vedas. 16. Final release (Apavarga). 17. God. III. Uddyotakara Preface. 1. Uddyotakara's comment on Vatsyayana's introduction. 2. Nature and objects of cognition. 3. Doubt propose example and tenets. 4. Argument (Tarka). 5. Ascertainment (Nirnaya). 6. Discussion (Vada). 7. Ways of losing an argument. 8. Nature of perception. 9. Criticism of different theories of perception. 10. Reasoning. 11. Criticism of different theories of inference. 12. Five members of a Syllogism. 13. Nature of analogy (upamana). 14. Testimony (sabda). 15. Conception of the highest good. 16. Nature of the soul (Atman). 17. Eternality of self and its killing. 18. Nature of the body (sarira). 19. Nature of sense organs (Indriyas). 20. Examination of other theories. 21. Nature of activity defects rebirth fruition and pain. 22. A final release. God (Isvara). Part II. General preface to the part two I. Jayanta Bhatta Preface. Introduction. 1. Merit and demerit heaven and hell are only knowable from scriptures. 2. Justification of the study of the logic of Gautama. 3. Definitions of pramana. 4. The word non erroneous. 5. The Buddhists definition of determinate perception. 6. Cognition of transcendental perception. 7. Theories of error. 8. Inference. 9. Analogy (upamana). 10. Sabda. 11. The justification of the authority of speech. 12. Eternality of sound. 13. Meaning of words and sentences. 14. Meaning of the Vedas. 15. Inefficacy of the study of grammar. 16. The objects of knowledge. 17. Liberation. 18. Existence of God. II. Bhasarvajna Preface. 1. Nyayasara. 2. Nyaya Bhusana. 3. Tarkadipika Jayasimha Suri. 4. Padapancika Vasudeva Suri. III. Vacaspati Misra Preface. Introduction. 1. Subject matter and purpose. 2. Objects of knowledge. 3. The whole and the parts. 4. Sound is noneternal. 5. Instruments of knowledge. 6. The nature of a Syllogism. 7. Doubt. 8. Fallacies of the Hetu. 9. Causation. 10. Falsity of everything refuted. 11. Destruction and production. 12. The self is not the sense organ. 13. The concept of God. IV. Udayana Preface. Introduction. 1. Sesa Sarangadhara Nyayamuktavali a commentary on Udayana's Laksanavali. 2. Narayana Acarya Dipika a commentary on Udayana's Atmatattvaviveka. 3. Samkara Misra Kalpalata a commentary on Udayana's Atmatattvaviveka. 4. Raghunatha Siromani Didhiti a commentary on Udayana's Atmatattvaviveka. 5. Vardhamana Prakasa a commentary on Udayana's Nyaya kusumanjali. 6. Rucidatta Misra Makaranda a supercommentary on Vardhamana's commentary. 7. Samkara Misra Amoda a commentary on Udayana's Nyaya kusumanjali. 8. Vardhamana Prakasa a commentary on Udayana's Nyayaparisista. V. Varadaraja. Preface. 1. Vyakhya Cinnambhatta. 2. Niskantika Mallinatha. VI. Samkara Misra. 1. Vadivonada. 2. Bhedaratna. Part III. General preface to part three. I. Kesava Misra Preface. II. Manikantha Misra and Sasadhara 1. Manikantha. 2. Sasadhara. III. Gangesa 1. Perception. 2. Inference. 3. Upamana. IV. Raghunatha Siromani Preface. 1. Padarthatattvanirupanam. 2. Akhyatavada. 3. Didhiti on Gangesa's Tattvacintamani. 4. Theory of negation. 5. Absence limited by a property whose Loci are different from its counterpositive. V. Later navya nyaya theory 1. General theory. 2. The import of sentences. 3. Meaning of sentences. 4. Nature of pervasion. 5. A comparative study of Jagadisa and Mathuranatha. 6. Jagadisa's theory of sentence meaning. 7. Some further problems of the word meaning. Index. The volumes of the Project on the History of Science Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2010
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Contents Diacritics for transliteration International Phonetic Alphabet IPA PrefaceVN Jha Editors Contributors General introductionDP Chatopadhyaya 1 IntroductionVN Jha 2 Concept of language in Sanskrit tradition VN Jha 3 Philosophy of languageVN Jha 4 Bhartrhari?s philosophy of languageMithilesh Chaturvedi 5 Study of language VN Jha 6 From speaker?s point of view how does one speakVN Jha 7 From listener?s point of view how does one understand a sentenceVN Jha 8 Two aspects of language form and contentVN Jha 9 Preservation of form Vedic textsVN Jha 10 Techniques of preservation modes of recitationVN Jha 11 Sakalya the Padakara of the RgvedaVN Jha 12 Sakalya and PaniniVN Jha 13 Emergence of Sanskrit linguisticsVN Jha 14 Juncture-feature as shown by SakalyaVN Jha 15 Grammatical significance of the symbols ?S? Avagraha ?I? Danda in the PadapathaVN Jha 16 Significance of the term Pada in he PadapathVN Jha 17 The principles of immediate constituent analysis and isolation of items in the complex formsVN Jha 18 Sakalya?s theory of Avasana-SandhiVN Jha 19 Cast-terminations and their treatmentVN Jha 20 Perfect participate suffix Vams and its treatment in the Rgveda PadapathaVN Jha 21 The treatment of iva-compounds in the Rgveda PadapathaVN Jha 22 Iti-Karana device in Rgved PadapathVN Jha 23 Pre-Paninian Tradition of grammar and linguisticsHukam Chand Patyal 24 Paninian tradition of grammar and linguisticsRama Nath Sharma 25 Language description in PaniniAvanindra Kumar 26 Post-Paninian traditions of grammar and linguisticsKaruna Sindhu Das 27 Preservation of contentVN Jha 28 Science of etymologyHukum Chand Patyal 29 Science of lexicographyHukum Chand Patyal 30 Science of sentence interpretationUjjwala Jha 31 Types of languageVN Jha 32 Ordinary languageVN Jha 33 Scientific languageVN Jha 34 Language of artVN Jha 35 Meta-languageVN Jha 36 Linguistic communication modelsVN Jha 37 Communication through ordinary languageVN Jha 38 Communication through language of artVN Jha 39 Development of artificial language Navya Nyaya LanguageVN Jha 40 ResumeVN Jha Select bibliography Index of Sanskrit terms"The volumes of the Project on the History of Science Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India?s heritage and present them in an interrelated way These volumes in spite of their unitary look recognise the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments In fact contributions are made by different scholars with different ideological persuasions and methodological approaches The Project is marked by what may be called ?methodological pluralism? In spite of its primary historical character this Project both in its conceptualization and execution has been shaped by many scholars drawn from different disciplines It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilizationThis volume contains thoughts about language Grammar and Linguistics in Indian Tradition It is the product of research work conducted on a variety of aspects on language right from the Vedic era up to medieval period Eminent scholars have contributed to the volume on a variety of themes such as concepts of language philosophy of language formal aspect of language phonetics and phonology semantic aspect of language lexicography science of grammar science of sentence-interpretation theory of communication through the natural language and through the language of art and artificial language for precise communication These themes are presented in a structured form keeping Panini the fifth Century Sanskrit Grammarian and the first descriptive linguist know to the world at the centre One will find a broad picture of concept of language grammar and linguistics be.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations for Munshiram, 2010
ISBN 10: 8187586443 ISBN 13: 9788187586449
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardcover. Condizione: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Introduction Satya Prakash Singh I Innovation of Yoga in Vedic Samhitas 1 Traces of Yoga in the Vedic Samhitas Satya Prakash Singh 2 Yogic Sadhana of Vedic seers Satya Prakash Singh 3 Yoga of devotion in Vedic SamhitasSatya Prakash Singh 4 Vedic Yoga of knowledge Satya Prakash Singh 5 Karma and other miscellaneous Yogas Satya Prakash Singh 6 Yogic Motifs in Indus seals Satya Prakash Singh II Elaboration of Yogic thought and practices in Brahmanas Aranyakas and Upanisads 7 Recapitulation of elements of Yoga in the Brahmanas and Aranyakas Satya Prakash Singh 8 Crystallization of Yoga in the early Upanisads Satya Prakash Singh 9 Consolidation of Yogic Sadhana in the later Upanisads Satya Prakash Singh III Continuation of the tradition in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata 10 Tradition of the Vedic Yoga as reflected in Valmiks Ramayana Satya Prakash Singh 11 Status of Yoga in the Mahabharata Satya Prakash Singh 12 Revival of the tradition of Yoga in the Bhagavadgita Satya Prakash Singh IV Deviation from the Vedic Tradition in Jainism and Buddhism 13 Jaina Concept of yoga Dayanand Bhargava 14 Yoga in Buddhism Satya Prakash Singh V Systematization of Yoga in Patanjali and Hatha-Yoga 15 Yoga of Patanjali Satya Prakash Singh 16 Hatha-Yoga Satya Prakash Singh VI Yoga of Vedantic Acaryas and Yoga Vasistha 17 Yoga of Acarya Sankara Satya Prakash Singh 18 Bhakti-Yoga of post Sankara Vedantic Acaryas Satya Prakash Singh 19 Yoga-Vasistha and its view of Yoga Satya Prakash Singh VII Bhakti-Yoga of medieval saints 20 Yogic systems and Sadhana of Alvars Prema Nandakumar 21 Yogic Sadhana of Narasimha Mehta Bharati Jhaveri 22 Yoga of Caitanya Mahaprabhu Chandrasekhar Rath 23 Yoga of KabiraSatya Prakash Singh 24 Yoga of Tulasi Satya Prakash Singh 25 Swami Haridasa and the Mode of his Yogic SadhanaSukh Ram Singh 26 Yoga of JnanesvaraShubhada Joshi 27 Yoga of Bhakti Sutras Satya Prakash Singh VIII Yogic Sadhana in Tantra Saivism and Sufism 28 Yoga in Sakta Tantra Suparna Chatterjee 29 History of Yoga of Saiva Siddhanta R Gopalakrishnan 30 Sivayoga of Virasaivism M Sivakumara Swamy 31 Yoga in the monistic Saiva traditions of Kashmir Navjivan Rastogi 32 Yogic significance of Sri-Yantra Pavitrananda Brahmachari 33 Yogic Sadhana of Tamil Siddhas with special reference to Tiurumular and BogarTN Ganapathy 34 Elements of Yoga in Sufism Mohd Sanaullah IX Revival of the Spirit of Yoga in Modern India 35 Yogic Sadhana of Maharshi Ramana AR Natarajan 36 Yogic Sadhana of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda Satya Prakash Singh 37 Philosophy and Yoga of Sri AurobindoKireet Joshi 38 Mahavatara Baba and his school of Kriya Yoga Satya Prakash Singh 39 Akhanda Mahayoga of Shri Visuddhananda and Gopinath Kaviraj Suparna Chatterjee X Yogic capability in the estimation of logic 40 Nyaya vaisesika argument in favour of the validity of yogic knowledge Raghunath Ghose Appendices Select bibliography Index The volumes of the Project on the History of Science Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of Indias heritage and present them in an interrelated way In spite of their unitary look these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture The project is not being executed by single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments The Project is marked by what may be called methodological pluralism Inspite of its primarily historical character this project both in its conceptualization and execution has been shaped by scholars drawn from different disciplines It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization History of Yoga is an attempt to trace the contours of origin and development of the discipline of Yoga in all its possible ramifications beginning from the Veda up till modern times Long before Pa.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, New Delhi, 2014
ISBN 10: 8187586656 ISBN 13: 9788187586654
Da: Books in my Basket, New Delhi, India
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. First. 785pp.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2014
ISBN 10: 8187586672 ISBN 13: 9788187586678
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Philosophy of the constitution and concept of Indian polity: 1. Evolution of the concept of state in Indian polity from the earliest times to the present/Lakhan Mehrotra/Lakhan Mehrotra. 2. Constitutional philosophy: promise, practice and prospect/J.S. Verma. 3. Gandhian thought and his model constitution for India: relevance today and in future/K.D. Gangrade. 4. Indian polity, Governance and constitutional culture: a thematic framework/Anand P. Mavalankar. 5. We, the people of India: Indian National identity in historical perspective/Abhaya Kashyap. II. Making of the constitution: 6. The politico-cultural context of constitution making in India/Ramashray Roy. 7. Constitutional development in India : 1600-1947/M.V. Pylee.8. Democratic consensulaism: The Constituent Assembly at work/G.R.S. Rao. III. Principles of Governance, humanrights, directive principles and fundamental duties: 9. Basic pillars of constitutional Governance: directive principles-fundamental rights and fundamental duties-roots in the past and future/M. Rama Jois. 10. Universal humanism: shaping the human rights agenda/G.R.S. Rao. 11. Evolution, concept, conspectus, catagories, constradictions, conflicts, corelation and convergance of dichotomous fundamental rights/Pola Koteswarrao. IV. Impact of India's constitution abroad: 12. Impact of India's constitution on her foreign policy and constitution building in other states/Lakhan Mehrotra. Index. The Volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated way. In spite of their unitary look, these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. The project is marked by what may be called methodological pluralism. In spite of its primarily historical character this project, both in its conceptualization and execution, has been shaped by scholars drawn from different disciplines. It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization. The subject matter of the present volume in two parts concerns every ordinary citizen inasmuch as it is a foundational right and a duty of everyone to know and understand the polity and constitutional culture under which we are governed. This volume is divided into two parts-Part 5A on Indian Polity, Governance and the constitution and Part 5B on "Federalism, Elections, Government and Rule of Law". Both the parts start with an introduction which presents the overview theme paper. Part 5A starts with section I on the philosophy of the constitution and concept of Indian polity. Section II is on the making of the constitution. Section III deals with the principles of Governance, human rights, directive principles of fundamental duties. Section IV consists of one comprehensive chapter on impact of India's constitution on her foreign policy and constitutional building in other states. Part 5B begins with section I which deals with Federalism and Union-State Relations. It is followed by section II on Law and justice. Parts III and IV are on Government and administration and elections and electoral processes respectively. (jacket).
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2012
Da: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. book.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2012
ISBN 10: 8187586567 ISBN 13: 9788187586562
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. 1. Concept and taxonomy of knowledge: a note/Kapil Kapoor. 2. Social background and role of science in ancient in ancient civilization: Indic, Iranic Semitic and Hellenic/Rajnikant Pant. 3. Geometry of the Sulba-Sutras/Mohan Gupta. 4. The astronomy of five Siddhantas/Mohan Gupta. 5. Ancient Indian mathematics/S. Balachandra Rao. 6. Ancient Indian astronomy/S. Balachandra Rao. 7. Hisab Al-Hind/Ghan Shyam Pandey. 8. Acharya Varahmihir: his life and time/Ghan Shyam Pandey. 9. Anatomy and surgery in Ayurveda/Manoranjan Sahu. 10. Therapeutic use of aromatic products in ancient Indian cosmetics and perfumes/Susmita Pande. 11. Scientific temper of Upanisadic spirituality/Atul Kumar Sinha.12. Bhartrhari as a grammarian and philosopher/Banamali Biswal. 13. Vaisesika system/Biswambhar Pahi. 14. Urbanization in the Kushan empire/V.C. Srivastava. 15. Origin and development of the schools of Abhidhamma with special reference to Theravada school of Abhidhamma/Ravindra Panth. 16. Early evidence of female figures, music and dance/Kapila Vatsyayan. 17. The rise of Christianity up to emperor constantine/Shilanand Hemraj. 18. Meeting of art traditions : Gandhara and Mathura up to AD 600/R.N. Misra. 19. India from Fourth Century BC to Third century AD: cultural and artistic links with Greece central and West Asia/Sampa Biswas. Index. The volumes of the Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated way. These volumes, in spite of their unitary look, recognize the difference between the areas of material civilizations and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. In fact contributions are made by different scholars with different ideological persuasions and methodological approaches. The Project is marked by what may be called methodological pluralism. In spite of its primarily historical character, this Project, both in its conceptualization and execution, has been shaped by scholars drawn from different disciplines. It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization like India. The current accounts of the history of civilization do not generally appear to give adequate importance to non western civilizations. Works like Needham's Science and Civilization in China are rare. The accounts of Indic civilization on the other hand have either neglected the factor of civilizational contacts or represented them in an inadequate manner. Few serious attempts have been made to gain an insight into human civilization in all its aspects through the comparative historical and integrated studies. Historical research necessarily tied to the study of the source material is still in the process of rising to the level of universal history. Volume, I, The Dawn and Development of Indian Civilization comprises six parts. Parts 4 and 5 are intended to review the history of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization in the context of civilizational contacts with the Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic worlds and comparable developments in them. Appropriately entitled A Golden Chain of Civilizations, Part 4 covers the period upto c.600 BC. Part 5 covers the period from c.600 BC to AD 600 in two sections-section I: Cultural contacts and movements, and section 2: Science, philosophy and culture. (jacket).
Editore: PHISPC Centre for studies in Civilizations, Delhi 2006
Da: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. Sovracoperta, cm. 22x29 pp. 704, ill. e carte. Vol. I part 3 del progetto di Storia della Scienza, filosofia e Cultura della civiltà in India. Aggiornata raccolta di saggi editi dal Prof Pande sui rapporti tra India e Sudest asiatico. Organizzato in sezioni dedicate alla storiografia, etnografia e archeologia, una sezione dedicata all'arte dei templi e una alla religione.
Editore: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 2009
ISBN 10: 8187586451 ISBN 13: 9788187586456
Da: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Contents Preface Foreword DP Chattopadhyaya Introduction R Balasubramanian I The Life world of the ancient Tamils 1 From Saivism to Saiva siddhanta and Vira saivism V Rathinasabapathy 2 The Saiva pathway to divine grace and freedom VA Devasenapathi 3 Sri vaisnava commentarial literature an introduction J Parthasarathi 4 Vaisnavism Vedanta Desikas Contribution in TamilVKSN Raghavan and Vedavalli Narayanan 5 The tradition of Advaita in Tamil works a survey and analysis SN Kandaswamy 6 Tamil culture in the Mahabharata R Srinivasan 7 The Ramayana Experience in Tamil Literature Prema Nandakumar II The development of Tamil Literature 8 Muttamil TB Siddalingaiah 9 The poet as witness Tamil poetry through Seven Hundred Years Prema Nandakumar 10 The evolution of Tamil prose through Seven hundred years SN Kandaswamy 11 The modern rediscovery of the glories of Tamil Literature and language J Parthasarathi III The Islamic and Christian contributions to Tamil 12 The contribution to Christianity to Tamil Literature S Innasi 13 The contribution of Islam to Tamil language and culture PM Ajmalkhan IV Everyday life of the Tamils a social perspective 14 Renaissance of the Tamil society the impact of Tamil novels and short stories S Venkataraman 15 Tamil journals a cultural critique S Panneerselvam V Towards political social and economic justice 16 Polity of the Tamils during the Medieval period From fourteenth century to eighteenth century AD Chithra Madhavan 17 The political social and economic scenario of Tamil Nadu from AD 1900CA Perumal VI The spiritual and cultural heritage of the Tamils 18 Spiritual heritage and religious practices of the Tamils Kaumaram Saktam Ganapatyam and Sauram A Pandurangan 19 The cultural heritage of the Tamils P Sumabala Index The volumes of the Project on the History of Science Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of Indias heritage and present them in an interrelated way These volumes in spite of their unitary look recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments In fact contributions are made by different scholars with different ideological persuasions and methodological approaches The project is marked by what may be called methodological pluralism In spite of its primary historical character this project both in its conceptualization and execution has been shaped by many scholars drawn from different disciplines It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization like India This volume which is Part II of the Life world of the Tamils Past and Present tries to bring out the material civilization and the spiritual culture of the life world of the Tamils from 13 century down to the present time It covers the commentarial tradition on Saivism and Vaisnavism the Ramayana and the Mahabharata; the development of the Tamil Literature from 13 century; the Islamic and Christian contributions to Tamil; social and cultural critique of every day life contained in Tamil novels short stories and journals; political parties and reform movements towards political social economic justice; and the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Tamils Thus the life world of the Tamils past and present has been discussed in detail in two volumes running to nearly 2000 pages This part like the previous one will be of interest not only to students and scholars of philosophy but also to social philosophers and cultural historians jacket 904 pp.