"Archie is worried that her school friends won't like Diwali, her favorite Hindu holiday, and when a storm knocks out the electricity, it looks like the party may be ruined."--Provided by publisher.

The Pandavas call on old friends, make new allies, and face fearsome trials as they embark on a mission to stop the Sleeper from accessing the nectar of immortality, but ultimately Aru must decide who deserves immortality--the devas or the asuras--and anunexpected answer comes from an unexpected place.

"Among the epic themes exploited in the myths from ancient India are universal ideas, concepts, and topics of the creation of the universe and humanity; love; religious devotion; good versus evil; the recurring horrors of war; and human destiny. The people of ancient India consistently developed these and other similar themes in highly colorful ways"--

Yoga is an exercise and meditation philosophy that has been taking the United States by storm over the past several decades. Yet many are unaware that there is an entire, ancient religion that prefaces this phenomenon. Yoga is one of six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, and "Yoga Sutras of Patanjali" contains 196 aphorisms that form the basis of Raja Yoga. Patanjali uses his text to explain different facets of the philosophy, leading people to...

The Hindu Journey comprises a prime example of allegorical writing. Part One of this book deals with visionary experience though a spiritual technique known as "gazing" thought which access can be made possible to religious experiences. The nest part of this allegory follows up on experiences of a spiritual nature, where the heritage of the great saints comes alive and places and people defy the imagination. Finally there is an 'After word' on allegorical...

In all the spiritual literature of the world there is no book so elevating and inspiring as the Bhagavad Gita. Chandra's profound and relatable translation leads the reader through all 18 chapters of this ancient text in a thoroughly engaging and understandable way. Symbolizing the eternal struggle between the spiritual and material in each of us, the Gita embodies the clear solution to every challenge faced on the spiritual battlefield of self-development....

"Dear Tulsi, you are much beloved by Lord K???a because your leaves are always at His lotus feet. Dear malati flower, dear mallika flower, dear jasmine flower, all of you must have been touched by K???a while He was passing this way after giving us transcendental enjoyment. Have you seen Madhava passing this way? O mango trees, O trees of jackfruit, O pear trees and asana trees! O blackberries and bael trees and trees of the kadamba flower-you are...

After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandavas's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper andstopping war between the devas and the demons.

My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89 with the verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song Celestial. On reading it, I felt a keen desire to read a Gujarati translation. And I read as many translations as I could lay hold of. But all such reading can give me no passport for presenting my own translation. Then again my knowledge of Sanskrit is limited, my knowledge of Gujarati too is in no way scholarly. How could I then...

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