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M an y T hi ng s f ro m I nd ia i n M y S to re This store is dedicated to India, its people, culture and religions. I have about 800 items in my store, most of them of a spiritual nature, but I also have clothing from India, saris, kurtas, shawls and even some Ayurvedic medicine, soaps and teas. Take a slow walk through the store and enjoy. Ancient India Asceticism by Dr. Mansukh Ghelabhai Bhagat Hardcover (Edition: 1976) Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Size: 8.8" X 5.8" Pages: 382 About the Book: "From the beginning of her history, India has adored and idealized not soldiers and statesmen, not men of science and leaders of industry, not even poets and philosophers but those rarer and chastened spirits ....time has discredited heroes as easily as it has forgotten every one else but the saints remain," said the late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the eminent philosopher and our ex-President. Saints and ascetics have played an important role in moulding the religious history of India through the ages. The book attempts to examines how the holy men - seers and sages, rishis and munis, tapasvis and sannyasis, mystics and yogis - held a fasination to the Indian mind, as they do even now, as a symbol of holy life. In portraying their peculiar beliefs and practices and in investigating the genesis of their ascetic institution, the study takes a rapid survey of Brahmanical asceticism, Buddhist and Jaina monachism and their impact on the life and culture of ancient India. When the ascetic movement first made its appearance, it was the greatest intellectual and religious force of the time. It captivated the noblest minds and produced the finest flowers of the human spirit, of whom many known and unknown seers of the Upanishads, the Buddha and Mahavira were representatives. For many centuries, tafter, the highest spiritual life of the land found for itself, in its discipline, a sufficient and a satisfying expression. The work is a noble endeavour to capture some fascinating glimpses of that great movement and, in doing so, presents a vast panorama of ancient India - right from its earliest dawn, that of the Indus Valley civilization to the beginning of the Christian era. About the Author: Dr. M.G. Bhagat started his career, at 19, as a Havaldar Clerk of the Indian Army during the second world war, Late, in 1946, he joined an insurance company, when his real scholastic life began. Ambitions to achieve something worthwhile, he became an earner-learner, toiled for many years and received his Doctorate from the Bombay University in 1967. A product of our morning and evening colleges, he is a popular writer of the biographies of Saints and Sages of India, hundreds of journals. At present he edits the house journal of a premier Public Sector Organization. CONTENTS Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1 Introductory Chapter 2 The Concept of Asceticism Chapter 3 The Origin of Asceticism Chapter 4 Asceticism in the Indus Civilisation Chapter 5 Asceticism in the Early Vedic Literature Chapter 6 Asceticism in Buddhist Literature Chapter 7 Asceticism in Jaina Literature Chapter 8 Asceticism in the Epics The Mahabharata Asceticism in the Bhagavad Gita Asceticism in the Ramayana Chapter 9 Asceticism in the Arthasastra Chapter 10 Asceticism in the Law Books Chapter 11 Impact of Asceticism on Indian Civilisation Bibliography Index To find more great items please go to my eBay ALL INDIA STORE by clicking SHIPPING AND HANDLING: ONLY $3.85 US DOMESTIC $6.00 INTERNATIONAL $1.50 OFF EACH ADDITIONAL ITEM ON COMBINED ORDERS PAID TOGETHER (Within a 7 day period) read more

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