Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Siva documents the musical practices of the periya melam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the rituals and festivals of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Siva - an important patron of music since at least the tenth century.
Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Siva documents the musical practices of the periya melam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the rituals and festivals of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Siva - an important patron of music since at least the tenth century.
Never before in human history have vegetarianism and a plant-based economy been so closely associated with sustainability and the promise of tackling climate change.
Never before in human history have vegetarianism and a plant-based economy been so closely associated with sustainability and the promise of tackling climate change.
"e;In this jewel-like volume, the venerable Tirtha Maharaja recounts the nectarean activities of the associates of Lord Gauranga and the acharyas of the Gaudiya Vaishnava religion.
This book brings together ethnographic field research on four permacultural ecovillages in Brazil to highlight the importance of spirituality and ecological epistemologies as key analytical tools.
This book brings together ethnographic field research on four permacultural ecovillages in Brazil to highlight the importance of spirituality and ecological epistemologies as key analytical tools.
A big, intensely involving and evocative Indian novel, with its story of a woman's fight for her place in the world, reminiscent of Khaled Hosseini's 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'.
Jung's interest in the East was deep-rooted and life-long, and the traditional teachings of China and India played an important role in his personal and intellectual development, as well as in the formations of the ideas and practices that are central to Jungian psychology.
Jung's interest in the East was deep-rooted and life-long, and the traditional teachings of China and India played an important role in his personal and intellectual development, as well as in the formations of the ideas and practices that are central to Jungian psychology.
Unfinished Gestures presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In Hinduism, as in all of the great religious traditions from around the globe, the repeating or singing of a sacred name is an integral part of prayer and daily life.
First published in 1967, Love Songs of Chandidas provides an informative introduction which makes vividly clear the importance of Chandidas to the Indian peasant masses.
First published in 1967, Love Songs of Chandidas provides an informative introduction which makes vividly clear the importance of Chandidas to the Indian peasant masses.
Ayurveda o "conocimiento de la vida" es un abordaje médico alternativo de origen hindú que actúa sobre aquellos síntomas originados como consecuencia de un desequilibrio entre mente-cuerpo-alma.
