Author:Upendra Nath Dhal

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Goddess Laksmi: Origin and Development

By: Dr Upendra Nath Dhal

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers: 1995

Edition: First edition

Seller ID: 7602BV

ISBN: 8186339078

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

In the present study I have tried to present a picture of Laksmi as she appears in Sanskrit texts. In the first Chapter I have shown the origin of the concepts like Sri and Laksmi and their gradual development into two divinities in the Vedic literature. The distinct features of these two divinities are made clear in the Sri-Sukta which is appended to the Rg Veda as a Khila; so a separate chapter has been devoted for this. The Purana-pancalaksana texts which constitute the urkern of the Puranas was formed even before the epic stories were finalised. So I have tried to show the development of t...
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Mahisasura Art and Thought

By: Dr Upendra Nath Dhal

Price: $6.25

Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers: 1991

Edition: First edition

Seller ID: 7860BV

ISBN: 8185133476

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The Asuras belong to one of the primitive tribes of the country, who contributed a lot for the development of our culture and civilization. The authors of our ancient literature do not seem to have done justice to them, rather instead of recognising their merits have tried to mutilate branding them as uncouth in form and savage in habit and so on and so forth. It may be due to the fact that the Asuras had a distinct way of life of their own, which was different from the Aryans, as such they used to clash. Due to such cultural conflict, sometimes the Aryans had to bow down but in the long run t...
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