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Parvatidarpana

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Parvatidarpana

Código del Artículo: NAB024

por Harsha V. Dehejia

Harcover (Edición: 1997)

Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 8120814835

Tamaño: 8.6" x 5.4"
Páginas: 120
Weight of the Book: 380 gms

Precio: Euro 11.43

Descripción

In Parvatidarpana Harsha V.Dehejia exposits the basic tenets of Kasmir Saivism through the celebrated marriage of Siva and Parvati and the image of Ardhanarisvara. Enjoyment of the mythic marrige and the image leads to a greater celebration of the arts inspired by this mythic event.

Review of the Book:

"The author has chosen the astonishing iconographical image of Ardhanarishvara, Shiva and Parfati uniteddd in a single figure, to illustrate the inner significance of the myth, and has also, in an act of bold philosophic imagination, used this image to highlight the basic tenets of Kashmir Shaivism."..
Dr. Karan Singh.

About the Author:

Harsha V. Dehejia has doctorate in Medicine and Ancient Indian Culture from Bombay University. He is also a member (by examination) of the Royal College of Physicians of London and Glasgow as well as Canada. He is a practising physician and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Religion of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is married to Sudha and has two sons Vivek and Rajeev, both of whom are economists.

Foreword

The glory of Hindu philosophy lies in its many splendoured and multiple approaches to the divine. Hinduism is the only religion in the world not based upon the teachings of single individual or text which means that it is not pegged to any rigid formulation of the spiritual path but rather represents the collective wisdom of seers and sages down from the Vedic age at least five thousand years ago to our own day. Hinduism thus provides a unique spectrum of approaches to spiritual striving and aspiration.

Some schools of thought posit an absolute which is beyond name and form. Sankara’s advaita being the most powerful exposition of this path. However there is a profusion of other brilliant expositions by great Acaryas or teachers such as greatest exponent of what has come to be known as Kasmir Saivism. This creative reinterpretation of the eternal truths embodied in the Vedas and Upanisads continues down to own century when spiritual giants like Swami Vivekananda Sri Raman Maharsi and Sri Aurobindo made their unique contribution to the unfolding panorama of Hindu Philosophy.

It is important to understand that Indian philosophy is not merely an intellectual gymnastic but revolves around a cluster of intellectual physical and spiritual disciplines which should lead to a sharpening and clarifying of consciousness and finally to spiritual realisation. The Sanskrit word for philosophy is darsana which means to see not merely to think or to rationate. Indeed philosophy devoid of spiritual content is looked upon in the entire eastern tradition as a dry and ultimately sterile intellectualism.

Kasmir Saivism can be described as the most prominent system in what is known as the Tantric tradition. Tantra, which is in some ways a progression from Vedãntic thinking, involves not a negation of life, but rather a positive life-affirmation, seeking to promote a set of values which are ethically good as well as pleasant to the individual. The long and interesting history of Tantra shows that while it is based upon Vedic foundations, it has incorporated a number of other lesser known but extremely virile traditions, which over the centuries, developed in various parts of India and Nepal. The central concept of Kamir aivism is that Siva is not only the creator of the universe but also permeates its every atom, so that the world is not to be wished away as an illusion but cherished as the voluntary manifestation of the power and glory of the divine. The formless, blissful Siva, becoming the universe, involves what is known as spanda or vibration, which is why Kasmir Saivism is also called Spandacasrra.

The first significant series of texts and studies on Kasmir Saivism were brought out during my father’s reign in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It is now heartening to see a renewed interest by modem scholars in this fascinating school of Hindu philosophy. The present work by Dr. Harsha V. Dehejia approaches the basic tenets of Kasmir Saivism through the central myth of the marriage of Siva and Pãrvati, representing the union of the blissful, formless spirit with the dynamic energy that permeates the universe. This is a myth full of symbolic significance, and is reflected throughout the Hindu tradition in various forms literary as well as iconographical. The famous Madurai sculpture of Visnu giving Parvati’s hand in marriage to Siva is a classic example of this, as also the shrine of Suddha Mahãdeva near Jammu where, according to legend, the marriage actually took place.

The author has chosen the astonishing iconographical image of Ardhanarisvara, Siva and Parvati united in a single figure— half male and half female, to illustrate the inner significance of the myth, and has also, in an act of bold philosophical imagination, used this image to highlight the basic tenets of Kãmir Saivism, and has brought home the fact that this is often referred to as the Yoga of delight or the Yoga of art, and involves a transmutation of consciousness, not by a process of negation, but by a joyous affirmation. He was focused our attention upon the mirror in Parvati’s hand in which seeing his own consciousness reflected Siva attains integrality which then results in the creation and sustenance of what the Upanisads call this magnificent universe.

An even more dramatic symbol is the glorious iconography of Siva Natraja Lord of the cosmic Dance a syncretic image which includes creation (the drum) destruction (the fire) preservation (the upraised hand) and the liberating wisdom. Here again the creativity symbolic duality between the male and female elements are symbolized by the fact that in one ear Nataraja wears a male earing and in the other a female one. Perhaps in his next book Dr. Dehejia could use this great figure to further exposit the joyous and life affirming philosophy of Kasmir Saivism. Meanwhile I have pleasure in commending parvatidarpana to all those who are interested in Hindu philosophy and its creative interpretations.

Contents

	Foreword	ix
Chapter 1	Prologue	1
Chapter 2	The Spirit of the Agamas	5
Chapter 3	Mythic Images in the Indian Tradition	17
Chapter 4	The Siva Parvati Myth	25
Chapter 5	The Darpana of Parvati	41
Chapter 6	Visranti	77
Chapter 7	Epilogue	91
	Endnotes	95
	Bibliography	105
	Glossary	109

Shiva Shakti Aaraadhanaa (Worship of Shiva and Shakti): With Roman Transliteration

Código del Artículo: NAC015

por Madhu Varshney

Paperback

Richa Prakashan
ISBN 8187062509

Tamaño: 8.5 Inch X 5.5 Inch
Páginas: 287 (Illustrated Throughout In B/W)
Weight of the Book: 315 gms

Precio: Euro 11.43

Descripción

Back of the Book

Madhu Varshney has post graduate degrees in Hindi Literature and in Economics. In her undergraduate studies, she specialized in Literature - Hindi, English and Sanskrit. She is a very active member of the Indian community in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. She was born on August 8, 1945, in Sarai Tarin (U.P.) Dist. Moradabad, India. She has three children, Praveen, Peeyush and Vandana, six grandchildren and lives in Vancouver with her husband, Hari Varshney.

She has been a president of Vishva Hindu Parishad of B.C. ("VHP") from 200l to 2003. VHP runs the largest Hindu Temple and community center in Vancouver. Prior to that, she was secretary and served as a board member of VHP for several years. She is also a former director, treasurer and secretary of India Club in B.C. Her interest lies in teaching languages, folk songs and dances. She is a Katthak classical dancer. In 1986, she established her folk dance group known as "Indo-Canadian Folk Dance Group" which performs folk dances at various multi-cultural events and Celebrations in greater Vancouver.

Madhu is also a poet and has published a collection of poems, "Bhav-Tarang" by Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, India. She has another collection of poems being published entitled "Uthatee Hiloren". She has compiled five other religious, spiritual and folk song books namely, "Vedika Havan Paddhati", "Shiva-Shaktee Aaraadhanaa", "Shree Raam Kee Mahaa Mahimaa", "Mahaa Shakti Durgaa Aaraadhanaa" and "Lok Geet Sangrah." Two of these books, "Lok Geet "Sangrah" a collection of folk songs from Northern India and "Vedika Havan Paddhati" containing matters relating to Havan were published in 2005 while the other two books, "Shree Raam Kee Mahaa Mahimaa" and "Mahaa Shakti Durgaa Aaraadhanaa" are being published in 2006.

Contents

	Hindee Varnamaalaa	xiv
	Mantra	6
	Mantra Power	9
	Mangalaacharanam	10
	Ganesha Stuti	15
	Sarasvatee Vandanaa	16
	Lord Shiva	23
	Manifestations of Shiva	27
	Shiva-Nataraja	28
	Manifestations of Shiva-Nataraja	31
	Shiva and Shakti	32
	Shiva and Parvati	35
	Shiva Mantras and Stotras	41
	Mahaa-Mrityunjaya Mantra	42
	Mantra Pushpaanjalih	45
	Shiva Panchaakshara Stotram	46
	Lingaashtakam	49
	Rudraashtaka Stuti	53
	Rudraashtaka Stotram (meaning)	57
	Dvaadasha Jyotirlinga Stuti	62
	Shree Dvaadasha Jyotirlinga Chaaleesaa	65
	Bilvaashtakam	73
	Chidaanandaroopah Shivoaham Shivoaham	75
	Daaridraya-dukkha-dahana Shivastotram	77
	Atha Shanti-Saarokta Paarthiva-Poojanam	81
	Shree Shiva Praatah Smarana Stotram	85
	Shree Shiva Chaaleesaa	87
	Shree Shivaashtaka	97
	Shree Shiva Chaaleesaa (meaning)	100
	Atha Shiva Stuti (meaning)	112
	Shree Shiva-Ashottara-shata Naamaavalee	118
	Shree Durgaa-Ashtottara-shata Naamaavalee	122
	Chandee Paatha-Atha Tantroktam Devee-sooktam	127
	Om Shree Mahaalakshmyai Namah	132
	Mahaa-lakshmyaashtakam	133
	Atha Durgaa-Dvaatrimshannaama-Maalaa	136
	Prayer to Durgaa	138
	Prayer to Mahaa Kaalee	139
	Prayer to Mother Bhagawatee	140
	Shiva Simarana	143
	Shivaratri	146
	Maha Shivaratri	154
	Importance of Rudraaksh	157
	Shiva Kaa Shodashopachaara Poojana Tatah	159
	Shiva Stuti	161
	Shiva Bhajan
	Damaroopaanee Shoolapaanee	165
	Om Namah Shivaaya	167
	Shiva Stuti	169
	Karoon Vandanaa Main Umaanaatha Teree	171
	Shiva Shankara Ko Jisane Pooja	173
	Shiva Praarthanaa	175
	Manavaa Nita Japa Shiva-Shiva Naama	177
	Shubhakara Shiva Kaa Naama, Sukhakara Shiva Kaa Naama	179
	Nataraaja Raaja Namo Namah	181
	Om Namah Shivaaya Ko Japa Le	183
	Anaathon Ke Naatha, Darshana Do Naatha	185
	Hara Hara Hara Hara Mahaadeva	187
	Shambhoo Teree Jaya-Jayakaara	189
	Mana Shiva Men Aise Ramaa Hai	191
	Om Namo Shivaaya, Too Japa Le Mana	195
	Mujhe Moha Aura Maayaa Se Shiva Jee Ubaara Lo	199
	Om Namah Shivaaya	201
	Trikaala-darshee, Triloka-svaamee	203
	Dharma Na Jaanoon, Karma Na Jaanoon	205
	Maataa Ke Bhajana	207
	Ambaa Parameshvaree Akhilaanandeshvaree	207
	Aisaa Pyaara Bahaa De Maiyaa	209
	Maiyaa Jee Teree Maayaa Aparampaara	213
	He Shaarade Maan	215
	Maiyaa Ree Teraa Koee Paara Na Paayaa	217
	Maan Saba Hai Tumhaare Haathon Men	219
	Sheron Vaalee Too Maiyaa	223
	Ambe Raanee Maan Aadi Bhavaanee	225
	Shaaradaa Chaaleesaa	227
	Roma-Roma Teraa Naama Pukaare	237
	Jaya Lakshmee Kalayaanee	239
	Gauravashaalee, Vaibhavashaales, Tujhako Karoon Pranaama	241
	Aaratee
	Shiva Stuti	243
	Aaratee Bhagavaana Brahmaa-Vishnu-Mahesha Kee	245
	Aaratee Shankara Kee	247
	Aaratee Saraswatee jee ke	251
	Aaratee Maa Durgaa Kee	253
	Aaratee Saraswatee jee ke	257
	Aaratee Shree Lakshmee jee kee	260
	Aaratee Jagadeeshwara jee Kee	263
	Praarhanaa	264
	Sukhee Base Sansaara	267
	Praarthanaa Sabake Bhale Kee	269
	Shaanti Praarthana-Prayer for Peace	270