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19770008496New York: F. Rolin & Co. 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo 54 pages wrappers <br/><br/>Photographs by Richard Levi. F. Rolin & Co. paperback
197017676<p>Awakened University of Meditation 1970. Paperback. Very Good. Awakened University of Meditation 1970. Trade Size Paperback Condition is Very Good Mild Wear to book. Book pages clean. No markings in book. Binding is tight.</p><p>The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda also called the Soma Mandala has 114 hymns entirely devoted to Soma Pavama-na Purifying Soma the sacred potion of the Vedic religion. Similar to RV 8 it cannot be dated within the relative chronology of the Rigveda as a whole; dealing with the Soma cult a practice reaching back into Proto-Indo-Iranian times late 3rd millennium BC some of its hymns may contain the very oldest parts of the Rigveda while other hymns may be rather recent relative to the other books. </p><p>As with book 8 each hymn should be studied independently since the Soma Mandala was not compiled by the redactors in its preserved form on grounds of authorship or clan affiliation but topically grouping the Soma hymns. Very Good. 4to - over 9�"" - 12"" tall.</p> Awakened University of Meditation paperback
19545572Bombay India: Parmanand Publications 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio clothbacked boards front hinge tender. Scarce. <br/><br/>Mehra's Parmanand Publications were devoted to promote material on Indian religiious and devotional thought by producing pictorial versions of Indian epics and devotional books. Parmanand Publications hardcover
190818267<p>1st edition. Good HC no DJ. Red rib-grain cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on front cover and on spine; top edge gilt; laid paper. Lightly scuffed covers and spine; clean but for 1/2 inch dark stain near front cover tail edge and very faint drink ring at front cover center; small area of damp stain on rear cover at top fore corner; tightly bound; some age darkening of end papers; clean interior with very slight general age darkening; supple leaves. 8vo 61 pp. Cf OCLC #6955753.</p> Flushing NY: Privately Published hardcover
19506698Cape Comorin: Hari Kumari Arts 1950. First edition. 9x13cm 12ff with 12 photographs mounted at corners on stiff card stock with captions facing. Staple bound in printed card wrappers. One photo corner chipped otherwise very good. <br /> <br /> Interesting little booklet published by the Hari Kumari Arts Gallery in Kanyakumari India which was established in 1950. Tells the story of Anasuya an ascetic character in the Hindu epic Ramayana wife of Safe Atri and known for her great austerity. According to Hindu tradition Anasuya and Atri lived at Gnanaranya now called Suchindram in India's Tamil Nadu province site of the famous Thanumalayan temple. <br /> <br /> OCLC cites a single holding at the University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library in Australia. <br /> <br /> . Hari Kumari Arts unknown
198018648<p>1st edition. Very Good softcover. Green and white cloth-reinforced card covers with black and white titles and design. Clean square covers and spine; slight fading along edges of front cover; lightly scuffed rear cover; tightly bound; light clean interior with very slight age darkening at page edges; supple leaves. 8vo 209 pp; biblio. See OCLC #469113698. "Iconography of religions Supplement 1".</p> E.J. Brill paperback
19774590New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1977. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo 191 pages cloth; in blue cloth custom slipcase. <br/><br/>Inscribed by the author to James O. Freedman a former President of Dartmouth College. Naipaul was awarded an honorary doctorate at Dartmouth in 1997. This is the second volume in Naipaul's India trilogy. Signed copies of the Knopf edition are quite scarce. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover