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History of Indian Philosophy Volume I: The Philosophy of the Veda and of the Epic - The Buddha and the Jina - The Samkhya and the Classical Yoga System.

1973réf. 43875Delhi India Motilal Barasidass 1973. Hardcover First Edition Thus so stated. First Edition Thus so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. The Book shows the former owner's not unattractive rubber-stamped logo and name at the front free endpaper; light wear to the extremities; slight spine lean; mild rubbing; faint soiling; the binding is of the usual less than perfectly secure quality of these Indian productions but is a sewn binding and is holding together quite securely; the text is clean. The DJ mild rubbing; moderate wear to the extremities with small loss to chips at the corner tips and head and heel of the backstrip and a half-inch chip at the top of the rear panel; some faint soiling to the white backgroud field of the rear panel; the price is intact; mylar-protected. Shows moderate wear but remains about as structurally sound as you will find in these Motital Banarsidass productions and remains tightly bound. A clean sturdy presentable copy in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo. 400pp. Includes Bibliography Notes and Index of Technical Terms. Translated from the German by V.M. Bedekar. Introduction by Dr. Leo Gabriel. Hardback with DJ. Erich Frauwallner 1898 1974 was an Austrian professor a pioneer in the field of Buddhist studies. Frauwallner studied classical philology and Sanskrit philology in Vienna. He taught Indology from 1928-29 at the University of Vienna. His primary interest was Buddhist logic and epistemology and later Indian Brahmanic philosophy with close attention to primary source texts. In 1938 Frauwallner joined the Department of Indian and Iranian philosophy at the Oriental Institute after its Jewish director Bernhard Geiger was forced out; Frauwallner became director in 1942. He was called up for military service in 1943 but did not serve continuing to teach until 1945 when he lost his position due to his Nazi Party membership dating to 1932. In 1951 after a review he was reinstated. In 1955 the Institute for Indology founded which he chaired becoming a full professor in 1960. Donald S. Lopez Jr. a Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan called Frauwallner "one of the great Buddhist scholars of this the twentieth century." Motilal Barasidass, hardcover

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Hinduism Photo ArchiveABAA

Hindu Ritual Life Along the Ganges at Benares Temples Bathing Ghats Cremation Rites and Ascetic Practice Archive of 28 Photos circa 1900s

1900réf. 235081900. Hindu religious life in India photo archive showing temple approaches Ganges riverfront ghats public ritual bathing cremation rites ascetic practice and pilgrimage activity at Benares around the turn of the twentieth century. Benares now Varanasi has long been one of Hinduism's sacred cities with miles of steps descending to the Ganges for religious bathing and temple access from the river. The Ganges is regarded by Hindus as the holiest river and ashes of the dead have traditionally been placed in its waters as part of beliefs concerning release after death. Photo archive of 28 black and white real photo postcards each measuring 3.5" x 5" India circa 1900s. The verso inscription on one card reads "Benares India" and "Burning Ghat Ganges River" anchoring the group to the sacred riverfront where funeral rites bathing temple visits and river traffic occurred in close proximity. A captioned card reading "Hindu Cremation" shows men standing around a raised pyre with a shrouded body while another scene shows a funeral pyre and stacked wood at a riverside burning ghat. Other cards show pilgrims gathered densely at the water men and women washing at the riverbank temple spires rising above crowded steps boats moored before ghats a procession moving along a road a holy man associated with fakir practice on a bed of nails and repeated views of Benares temples and riverfront architecture. At Benares religious bathing cremation pilgrimage temple worship and daily commerce shared the same riverfront making the ghats one of the most concentrated sacred landscapes in South Asia. Light edge wear toning corner wear scattered soiling and occasional fading; several cards show stronger surface wear and mounting traces. Overall in good condition. The archive shows turn of the century Hindu ritual practice through cremation ascetic discipline river ablution temple approach and pilgrimage crowds along the Ganges. unknown books