Bharata Tattva (Set of 2 Volumes)
Book Specification
Item Code: | NBZ671 |
Publisher: | Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture |
Language: | Sanskrit and English |
Edition: | 2013 |
ISBN: | Vol-I: 9788187332329 Vol-II: 9788187332503 |
Pages: | 758 |
Cover: | PAPERBACK |
Other Details | 8.50 X 5.50 inch |
Weight | 830 gm |
Book Description
The aim of Indo logy is to investigate whatever is rare in the fabric of Indian nature, to provide new observations and discoveries, to trace the annals and traditions from time to time, to examine the improvements and methods in mathematics, mechanics, optics, astronomy and general physics, systems of morality, grammar, rhetoric and dialectic, skill in medicine and advancement in anatomy and Chemistry.
Keeping in view the growing demand for this kind of work, an improved and more streamlined version was considered to be necessary. Accordingly, much of the old materials have been recast and substantial addition has also been made in terms of new contributions dealing with recent developments in the field. As a result a more compact and well-organized edition has emerged. We do hope and believe that this will receive the appreciation it deserves of those who are pursuing Indology as a subject of study at an advanced level. Even beginners and general readers will find the revised edition useful.
to bring out the Handbook. We also extend our thanks to some of the students of Indology who have helped in publishing the volume. Our thanks also go to Sri Kaushik Kundu who has designed the cover page.
Keeping this encouraging fact in view, initiative was taken not merely to revise but also to upgrade the contents that would be part of the new edition. Apart from streamlining the contents, it was also felt necessary to include a few new chapters to fill the perceived gaps in the earlier edition. In the process, it was possible also to incorporate some of the recent findings in the ongoing researches in the field. Scholars, specialized in various branches of Indological studies, were approached and they readily contributed valuable papers to enrich the collection now being presented in an enlarged volume.
Essentially, the novelty of the present edition consists in the approach that has been adopted in re-writing, re-arranging and replenishing the materials, while also substituting a few.
The approach now adopted is neither too broadly nor too narrowly focused. It seeks to take a holistic view of the growth and rich variety of India's cultural achievements, spanning centuries of a nation's history spread out over a highly differentiated cultural milieu - history that is not only recorded but is still under scholarly investigation. Evidently, it is not possible to incorporate all these developments in the space of a single volume. Nonetheless, care has been taken to see that the fundamentals of India's great heritage get enshrined while also registering the major observable trends of subsequent periods. Due importance is also attached to the achievements at the regional levels so that the mainstream positions do not obscure them.
We are grateful to all the eminent scholars who have so graciously joined in our effort to prepare a standard reference work on Indology. Personally, I have derived considerable insight into the subject while associated with the editorial work, for which I am grateful to the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture.
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