Purāṇa Perennis

Purāṇa PerennisIn this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Puras, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Puras. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth,

tracing lines of influence that stretch from Michel de Montaigne's encounter with the Tupi through the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau into German Idealism

and the Western female occultists

exemplary legal and ethical case studies that frame pivotal moments in practice

pome fruits (pear and apple)

The air of Venice carries both heat and swells from North Africa's deserts and envelops life like liquid gauze

evidence does not support this justification

“This book is very well researched

The Legend of Queen Cāma offers revealing insights into the nature of Buddhism as a living tradition during one of the greatest periods in the history of Thai Buddhism

worldly life in a spiritually enlightened way

modern portraits of the peasants

McKinstry's letters are written with a journalist's eye and poet's heart

“Religion