Author: Mr̥dulā Trivedī
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120832237
Category : Predictive astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Foretelling Widowhood is the fruit of research work carried out by us during the last two decades. A work of predictive astrology, it amalgamates a plethora of principles enshrined in various classical texts and practical study of birth charts of those who have been unfortunate enough to suffer the immeasurable grief and plight of untimely widowhood. Untimely widowhood is the biggest tragedy that can befall a woman and is irreversible. In olden days, widowhood in general and untimely widowhood in particular was considered an unpardonable sin and a woman had to commit Sati, that is to mount the pyre of her late husband. Was not this inhuman? Women would be ever grateful to Raja Ram Mohan Rai whose untiring efforts led to rooting out of this obnoxious practice. A common belief among masses, as also amongst self-styled astrologers, is that mangati females or those females having kuja dosa in their birth charts are predisposed to suffer widowhood. We would like to humbly opine that this belief is only partially correct. It is not certain that females having kuja dosa will essentially undergo the miseries of marital disaster such as widowhood. Many females, who suffered untimely widowhood, were not mangati either from ascendant, or from Moon or from Venus. This is difinitely a wrong concept that widowhood will curse only a mangati female. In fact, much is not known about the kuja dosa and its actual effect.
Author: Artemidorus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192518879
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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'Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source' Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interpretation, and the only dream-book to have survived complete from Graeco-Roman times. Written in Greek around AD 200, when dreams were believed by many to offer insight into future events, the work is a compendium of interpretations of dreams on a wide range of subjects relating to the natural, human, and divine worlds. It includes the meanings of dreams about the body, sex, eating and drinking, dress, the weather, animals, the gods, and much else. Artemidorus' technique of dream interpretation stresses the need to know the background of the dreamer, such as occupation, health, status, habits, and age, and the work is a fascinating social history, revealing much about ancient life, culture, and beliefs, and attitudes to the dominant power of Imperial Rome. Martin Hammond's fine translation is accompanied by a lucid introduction and explanatory notes by Peter Thonemann, which assist the reader in understanding this important work, which was an influence on both Sigmund Freud and Michel Foucault.
Author: Mridula Trivedi
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120840763
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Author: Mridula Trivedi
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120840771
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Author: Caterina Guenzi
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438482035
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Astrologers play an important role in Indian society, but there are very few studies on their social identity and professional practices. Based on extensive fieldwork carried out in the city of Banaras, Words of Destiny shows how the Brahmanical scholarly tradition of astral sciences (jyotiḥśāstra) described in Sanskrit literature and taught at universities has been adapted and reformulated to meet the needs and questions of educated middle and upper classes in urban India: How to get a career promotion? How to choose the most suitable field of study for children? When is the best moment to move into a new house? The study of astrology challenges ready-made assumptions about the boundaries between "science" and "superstition," "rationality" and "magic." Rather than judging the validity of astrology as a knowledge system, Caterina Guenzi explores astrological counseling as a social practice and how it "works from within" for both astrologers and their clients. She examines the points of view of those who use astrology either as a way of earning their living or as a means through which to solve problems and make decisions, concluding that, because astrology combines mathematical calculations and astronomical observations with ritual practices, it provides educated urban families with an idiom through which modern science and devotional Hinduism can be subsumed.
Author: T. P. Trivedi
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120841050
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Author: Mridula Trivedi
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120841069
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Author: Joseph P. Natoli
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791411117
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Meditations on disorder (defined as what comes into conflict or resists a prevailing order's sense of social advance and historical development) through a variety of voices, most associated with literary theory or, more broadly, with cultural critique. The meditations are shaped from both extraliterary (i.e. physics, biology, neuroscience, geometry, geography, psychoanalysis, politics, and history) and literary contexts. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Joseph Natoli
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438414315
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Author: Edward Bruce Hamley
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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