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Author : krishnan P A
Publisher : Tranquebar Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9380658621
The Tigerclaw Tree follows the shifting fortunes of four generations of a Tenklai lyengar family, as each member confornts his or her own role in their family legacy of idealism, political involvement and , ultimately, betrayal.
Author : P. A. Krishnan
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015043016511
Author : Jos? Ignacio Cabez?n
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791407578
This book explores historical, textual, and social questions relating to the position and experience of women and gay people in the Buddhist world from India and Tibet to Sri Lanka, China, and Japan. It focuses on four key areas: Buddhist history, contemporary culture, Buddhist symbols, and homosexuality, and it covers Buddhism's entire history, from its origins to the present day. The result of original and innovative research, the author offers new perspectives on the history of the attitudes toward, and of the self-perception of, women in both ancient and modern Buddhist societies. He explores key social issues such as abortion, he examines the use of rhetoric and symbols in Buddhist texts and cultures, and he discusses the neglected subject of Buddhism and homosexuality.
Author : Antal,?????,Vidya Dehejia
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0791403955
This book is a translation and study of the poems of a ninth-century woman saint and mystic. The Introduction is designed to make the translations accessible to a non-specialist audience, while the Notes provide insights into the poems and useful explications of allusions and convention with which readers who do not possess a specialized knowledge of Tamil Vaisnava bhakti may be unfamiliar.
Author : A. K. Ramanujan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231157353
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Author : Āṇṭāḷ
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195391749
These new translations of the Tiruppavai and Nacciyar Tirumoli composed by Kotai, the ninth-century South Indian mystic-poetess, capture the lyricism of the Tamil originals. Kotai's poems--two of the most significant compositions by a female mystic--express her encounters with the divine Vishnu through the use of a vibrant verbal sensuality.
Author : Shauna Singh Baldwin
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307368393
From the author of What the Body Remembers, an extraordinary story of love and espionage, cultural tension and displacement, inspired by the life of Noor Inayat Khan (code name “Madeleine”), who worked against the Occupation after the Nazi invasion of France. When Noor Khan’s father, a teacher of mystical Sufism, dies, Noor is forced to bow, along with her mother, sister and brother, to her uncle’s religious literalism and ideas on feminine propriety. While at the Sorbonne, Noor falls in love with Armand, a Jewish musician. Though her uncle forbids her to see him, they continue meeting in secret. When the Germans invade in 1940, Armand persuades Noor to leave him for her own safety. She flees with her family to England, but volunteers to serve in a special intelligence agency. She is trained as a radio operator for the group that, in Churchill’s words, will “set Europe ablaze” with acts of sabotage. She is then sent back to Occupied France. Unwavering courage is what Noor requires for her assignment and her deeply personal mission — to re-unite with Armand. As her talisman, she carries her grandmother’s gift, an heirloom tiger claw encased in gold. The novel opens in December 1943. Noor has been imprisoned. She begins writing in secret, tracing the events that led to her capture. When Germany surrenders in 1945, her brother Kabir begins his search through the chaos of Europe’s Displaced Persons camps to find her. In its portrayal of intolerance, The Tiger Claw eerily mirrors our own times, and progresses with moments of great beauty and white-knuckle tension towards a moving and astonishing denouement.
Author : Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : 0231078498
Originating in Tamil mythology, Cilappatikaram is the love story of Kannaki and Kovalan. Kannaki wears a circular anklet representing the power, strength and dignity of the goddess Pattini. Goddess status is bestowed upon Kannaki as her life undergoes the same fate as the anklet that is stolen and used as a weapon.
Author : Erin Hunter
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 1039 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062411907
The first story arc in the #1 nationally bestselling epic series is now available as an ebook collection with striking new art! For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest, but now the balance of power is shifting and sinister perils threaten the peace. Into the midst of this turmoil comes an ordinary young house cat named Rusty…who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all. Includes: Warriors #1: Into the Wild Warriors #2: Fire and Ice Warriors #3: Forest of Secrets Warriors #4: Rising Storm Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path Warriors #6: The Darkest Hour Warriors: Enter the Clans
Author : Pradip Krishen
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Trees
ISBN : 0144000709
The book introduces you to every tree you are likely to see in the city or in semi-wilderness areas like the Ridge. You do not have to be a botanist to enjoy this book: everything is explained in simple language. This field guide will help you recognize many of the trees you will see around you. Extensive colour pictures and clear illustrations on how to use the annotated Leaf Keys make identification of individual trees easy.
Author : 光華畫報雜誌社
Publisher : 光華畫報雜誌社
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
「就我所知，台灣至少有60個神木聚落，就連容易親近的棲蘭、司馬庫斯、鎮西堡等神木群裡，總會有一個『老大』（樹胸圍最大者），不會那麼容易找到的。」《神木誌》作者黃昭國在接受《光華》專訪時娓娓道來有關台灣巨木的故事。全世界很難找到像台灣一樣的地方，具有都市化的生活便利，又僅需少許時間就可到達原始森林。 本期《光華》封面故事將帶讀者從「參天神木」、「都市規劃樹種」、「樹與常民生活」及「植樹復育」等面向，了解生活在台灣這片土地上的人與樹的關係，並透過探訪相關學者、專家及民間人士，呈現出生活與生態共存之理想國度。
Author : Robin Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317118862
Image, Text, Architecture brings a radical and detailed analysis of the modern and contemporary architectural media, addressing issues of architectural criticism, architectural photography and the role of journal editors. It covers examples as diverse as an article by British artist Paul Nash in The Architectural Review, 1940, an early project by French architects Lacaton & Vassal published in the journal 2G, 2001, and recent photography by Hisao Suzuki for the Spanish journal El Croquis. At the intersection of image and text the book also reveals the role of the utopian impulse within the architectural media, drawing on theories of utopian discourse from the work of the French semiotician and art theorist Louis Marin, and the American Marxist critic Fredric Jameson. Through this it builds a fresh theoretical approach to journal studies, revealing a hitherto unexplored dimension of "latent" or "unconscious" discourse within the media portrait of architecture. The purpose of this enquiry is to highlight moments where a different type of critical voice emerges on the architectural journal page, indicating the possibility of a more progressive engagement with the media as a platform for critical and speculative thinking about architecture, and to rethink the journals’ role within architectural history.
Author : Yuko Green
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780486158426
The lavish colors and exotic beauty of tropical flowers have long made them favorite subjects of artists and craftspeople. This splendid sourcebook of copyright-free illustrations offers workers in many arts and crafts a marvelous sampling of lovely blossoms from rain forests, jungles, and tropical regions around the world. Depicting blossoms from trees, shrubs, vines, and ornamental herbs, 135 accurately detailed drawings depict a host of superb specimens, as varied in size and shape as they are in natural habitat. Included are the Indian Coral Tree, Sausage Tree, Monkeypod, Shrimp Plant, Crown Flower, Blushing Bride, Cup of Gold, Bird of Paradise, African Tulip, Angel's Trumpet, Butterfly Hibiscus, Thimbleberry, King Protea, Crown of Thorns, Passion Flower, Rattle Shaker, Orchid Tree, Rose Apple, Gardenia, Candle Bush, Pincushion, Lipstick Plant, Orange Trumpet, Spider Lily, and over 100 other flowers. All are identified by their common and scientific names as well as by regions of origin. Ideal for adding dramatic accents to embroidery projects and textile patterns, for use in woodworking, leathercraft, metalwork, and a host of other crafts, this varied collection represents a superb resource for artists, illustrators, and anyone in need of striking floral decorations.
Author : M Nazir Ali
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781482801194
Ainkurunuru is a collection of five hundred poems written by five different poets who lived two thousand years before. It tells you the story of the lovers, their sadness, joy, jealousies, and quarrels in verses of breathtaking sophistication and indirection. It is about the art and life of a people almost irretrievably lost, found in palm script, and restored by scholars in love with the Tamil language.
Author : Nagendra Kr Singh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022349729