Edited Shanker (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Transmission of Buddhism from Kashmir to China/Advaitavadini Kaul. 2. Buddhism from taxila to China/Muhammad Ilyas Bhatti. 3. Silk road traders and Buddhism in Han and Ta'ng china/Xiaoming Wang and Yali Lin. 4. Confucianism and assimilation of Buddhism in China/Tong Sau Lin. 5. Lineal interrelationship between Bhikshuni Sangha in China and Sri Lanka/Indaratana Bakamoone. 6. Dhyanabhadra and Indian Buddhism in East Asia/Shanker Thapa. 7. The impact of silk road Buddhism on Sindh/K.T.S. Sarao. 8. Vision of the heaven in the far east/Arputha Rani Sengupta. 9. Art of India and East Asia: the eleven-headed avalokitesvara/Shrikant Ganvir. 10. Emperor Asoka in Japanese folk tales/Saroj Kumar Chaudhari. 11. Buddhism and Japanese poetry: translations of Haiku/Tariq Sheikh. 12. Cultural environment of unified silla and the seokguram cave temple/Anu Jindal. 13. Indramang: Buddhist Community movement in Korea/Santosh K. Gupta. 14. Lama Mani: the wandering moral teachers/Ghese Dorjee Damdul. General Bibliography. This volume primarily focuses on various aspects of Buddhism in China and beyond. Each of the fourteen papers covers a particular aspect of the history of Chinese Buddhism through which an attempt has been made to show that China played an important role not only in the growth and development of Mahayana Buddhism but also in the Sinicization of the Buddha Dharma. Further, China's role in transmitting Buddhist tenets eastward into Korea and Japan has also been highlighted.(jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Foreword. Part I: Scheduled Languages. 1. Hindi. 2. Nepali. 3. Urdu. 4. Sindhi. Part II: Non-Scheduled Languages. 5. Awadhi. 6. Bagheli. 7. Baiswari Awadhi. 8. Bhojpuri. 9. Brajbhasha. 10. Bundeli. 11. Illahabadi. 12. Kannauji. 13. Kauravi. 14. Tharu. Part III: Other Languages. 15. Chamarmangata. 16. The Language of Mahavats. 17. The Language of Nats and Kanjars. 18. The World of Secret Tongues: The Languages of Nishads and Pandas. Appendix. Index. Commonly referred to as the Hindi heartland , Uttar Pradesh is the most populous and the fourth largest state of India. Its linguistic tapestry is unique as it is home to not just Hindi and a host of other Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages, but also to some secret tongues, devised purely to communicate within smaller communities by their members. This volume, People s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Uttar Pradesh (volume twenty-nine, part two) focusses on the majority as well as minority languages of the state: linguistic characteristics, grammatical features, folklore and vocabulary of various languages are discussed to give readers as broad a sense of the languages as possible.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. General introduction. 2. Material and methods. I. The alimentary system: 3. Historical resume. 4. The herbivorous fishes. 5. The omnivorous fishes. 6. The carnivorous fishes. 7. Discussion. II. The food of the fishes: 8. Historical resume. 9. The herbivores. 10. The omnivores. 11. The carnivores. 12. Discussion. References. Appendices. From the preface: The alimentary canal of fishes is generally adapted to their feeding habits as fishes occupy different ecological niches and tropic levels and face the challenges of a complex aquatic life. The alimentary canal of a teleost successfully accomplishes a variety of functions inspite of being of a simpler form than that of the higher vertebrates. A study of this feature has been attempted by several investigators in the past. The morphology of the organs of alimentation in fishes attracted the attention of ichthyologists and naturalists since very early times. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) undoubtedly observed the palatal organ of the carp Cyprinus which he noted to be so fleshy as to be mistaken for a tongue. This interesting sense organ was regarded as a tongue by fishermen and was first redescribed by Rondelet 1554 and again by Swammerdam in 1667, its gustatory nature was first maintained by Weber 1827. The comparative anatomy of the grey mullet was noted.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A collection of essays on Wittgenstein's later works to add to the understanding of this great philosopher. There is some slight shelf-wear, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. y First Edition. Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assessments, Volume Five, A Wittgenstein Bibliography, edited by V A and S G Shanker Hardback, 1986, first edition, published by Croom Helm, London, xvii + 361 pages Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4" by 7/8" No dust jacket Leather-patterned green cloth binding, gilt lettering to front board and spine A little scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring vivid, though a little rubbing to gilt lettering Signs of edge-wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges Binding firm Page fore-edges very clean, some marking to upper and lower edges Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc See pictures for further information xvii + 361 pp. n.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 2015 edition. 400 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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tables (illustrator). Contents Preface 1 The morning bell chant temple ritual in East Asian BuddhismStanley Lombardo 2 A journalists views of Buddhism and cultural linkagePrem Kumari Pant 3 Buddhism in China historical background and present contextAnita Sharma 4 Sea-route transmission of BuddhistHudaya Kandahjaya 5 Da Tang Xiyu Ji and other Chinese sources on the decline of Buddhism in IndiaKTS Sarao 6 Cultural synthesis in the Buddhist art of ChinaArputharani Sengupta 7 An outline of Buddhism and Nepal-China relationHiranya Lal Shrestha 8 Impact of activities of master Buddhabhadra on Chinese BuddhismMaster Shi Huai Shan 9 Master Buddhabhadra and Buddhism in ancient ChinaVijay K Manandhar 10 Nepalese Sanskrit manuscripts and expansion of Buddhism in ChinaShanker Thap 11 The mirroring of two cultures through religion and medicineIvette Vergas - OBryan 12 Nepalese artist Arniko in Yuan ChinaMin Bahadur ShakyaNepal China Society believes that the publication of this volume is a modest effort aimed at serving academic excellence in the field of Buddhism particularly with the Chinese connection Because the historical Buddha was born in Nepal his teachings are of immense significance for the Nepalese and they are embedded spiritually and historically with the Nepali sentiment However it is no less important for people living in other parts of the globe The aim of this book is not to limit Buddhism within a small periphery of Nepal but to highlight it as the icon of cultural and historical interaction Thus it aims at highlighting its influence in China in historical perspectiveThis book is the first effort of Nepal-China Society to publish scholarly works on Buddhism Nepal-China Society is determined to continue publishing similar books in the future with the fond hope of strengthening relations between Nepal and China 446 pp.