The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East
BRILL 2008; US$ 166.00An interdisciplinary collection of articles that presents the variety of local and regional patterns of worship in the Near East, and contributes to our quest for understanding the polytheistic cults of the region as a whole. more...
Framing the Jina
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 73.99John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of Jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also narratives... more...
Heroic Wives Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 74.99Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly existence and Jain devotionalism... more...
Hindu Narratives on Human Rights
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 35.00Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is organized around specific rights, such as the right to own property, the rights of children, women's rights, and animal rights. Within these categories and in light of the questions they raise, the book provides a guided tour of Hindu narratives on ethics, ranging from the... more...
Light from the East
Stone Bridge Press 2005; US$ 16.95The most important teachings of Asian thought and religion in a single, accessible volume. more...
Bhagavad-Gita or, The Song Celestial
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God") is an important Sanskrit Hindu scripture. It is revered as a sacred scripture of Hinduism, and considered as one of the most important religious classics of the world. The Bhagavad Gita comprising 700 verses, is a part of the Mahabharata. The teacher of the Bhagavad Gita is Krishna, who is regarded by the... more...
Hinduism Today
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 80.00Understanding Hinduism today requires an understanding of how it is practised in the contemporary world. Stephen Jacob’s new introduction tackles these central issues, beginning with case studies of the grassroots practice of Hinduism in India and in diaspora communities. He covers issues of singular importance in the modern study of Hinduism,... more...
The Story of the Three Buddhist Monks
Dundurn 1996; US$ 8.99A story of three Buddhist monks based on a traditional Chinese folk tale about cooperation Without cooperation, one monk can fetch two buckets of water, two monks will only be able to fetch one bucket of water, and three monks will fetch no water at all. more...
Pinnacles of India's Past
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1986; US$ 188.00The Ṛgveda is the oldest of the books that comprise the scriptures of Hinduism. While its age cannot be accurately determined, it can be said with reasonable certainty that it must have existed in its present form at least as early as 1000 BC. It consists of 1,028 hymns, arranged, according to the form in which the Ṛgveda has been transmitted,... more...
The Hymns of Zoroaster
I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 75.00Zoroaster was one of the greatest and most radical religious reformers in the history of the world. The faith that he founded some 2600 years ago in a remote region of central Asia flourished to become the bedrock of a great empire as well as its official religion. Zoroastrianism is still practised today in parts of India and Iran and in smaller communities... more...









