Alain Danielou approaches the history of India from a new perspective - as a sympathetic outsider, yet one who understands the deepest workings of the culture. Because the history of India covers such a long span of time...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:384
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892815258
This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit...more details Format:Paperback Pages:576
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892814923
This definitive volume is the first modern translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra to include two essential commentaries: the Jayamangala of Yashodhara and the modern Hindi commentary by Devadatta Shastri. Alain Danilou spent four years comparing versions of the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:576
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892813742
Shiva and Dionysus are the Hindu and Greek gods of magical power, intoxication, ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence who initiate us into communion with the creative forces of life. Revealing the earliest sources of the traditions of Shiva and Dionysus...more details Format:Paperback Pages:264
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892818549
Danielou's masterpiece on the erotic nature of the sacred symbolism of the Hindu temple. - Includes stunning photographs from the major temple complexes of India. - By Alain Danielou...more details Format:Paperback Pages:152
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9781594770487
In INDIA: A CIVILIZATION OF DIFFERENCES, Danielou explores this seldom-heard side of the caste debate and argues effectively in its favour. This rare collection of the late author's writings contains several never-before-published articles and offers an in-depth look at the structure of Indian society before and after Western colonialism....more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892813360
An accomplished musician and Hindu scholar looks to the harmonic ratios of ancient China, India and Greece as he explores the power of music to speak to our higher consciousness....more details Format:Hardcover Pages:192
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892813544
The study of Hindu mythology explores the significance of the most prominent Hindu dieties as they are envisioned by the Hindus themselves. Referred to by its adherents as the "eternal religion...more details Format:Paperback Pages:512
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892815562
Beginning with an overview of the symbolism of creative forces in general, The Phallus first examines the representation of male fertility in such forms as the menhirs or standing stones of prehistoric Europe; the Mahalinga and Svayambhu of India; and the ancient Greek Omphalos...more details Format:Paperback Pages:128
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9781594771415
This book reveals the influence of Shaivism on the Western world, discusses Shaivism's understanding of sacred sexuality and presents the connections between Vedic poetry and metaphysics. In "Shive and the Primordial Tradition"...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:129
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892811151
Examines how visionaries of ancient Shaiva wisdom defined our role in creation, how we have abandoned this role, and action we can take to creatively influence our destiny...more details Format:Paperback Pages:304
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Alain Danielou
ISBN:9780892813018
Based on original Sanskrit sources, this book gives an authentic account of the methods of yoga in its different forms, including the challenging "left-hand" paths...more details Format:Paperback Pages:208