Stories
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The eye of darshan
The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.
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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India
Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman
How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.
Catalogue
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Surgical instruments of ancient Hindus / G. Mukhopadhyaya.
Mukhopādhyāya, Girindranāth.Date: 2000- Books
The Hindus : encyclopaedia of Hinduism / editor Subodh Kapoor.
Date: 2000- Books
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The positive sciences of the ancient Hindus / by Brajendranath Seal.
Seal, Brajendranath, Sir, 1864-1938.Date: 1915- Books
A sketch of the religious sects of the Hindus / [H.H. Wilson].
Wilson, H. H. (Horace Hayman), 1786-1860.Date: 1977, 1861- Books
The anatomical knowledge of the ancient Hindus / by Frederick S. Hammett.
Hammett, Frederick S.Date: 1929