TY - BOOK AU - edited by Bal Ram Singh TI - India's intellectual traditions and contributions to the world SN - 9788124604762 U1 - 954 PY - 2010/// CY - Alpharetta, GA, New Delhi PB - World Association for Vedic Studies, D.K. Printworld KW - Vedic Literature KW - History and Criticism KW - Sanskrit Literature KW - India KW - History KW - Study and Teaching KW - Intellectual Life N1 - Includes verses in Sanskrit (In Devanagari script and roman). Includes index; 1. Development of Mathematics from Sanskrit /M.P. Chaudhary 2. Sanskrit, an Efficient Linguistic Code /Narayan R. Joshi Epic 3. Mahabharata: The Dharma's Drama /Indira Y. Junghare 4. The Sacred Tree of Existence in Mahabharata /K. Sankarnarayan 5. Uniqueness of Vaimiki Ramayana /Tenneti C. Rao 6. Antiquity of Ramayana /Ramen Nandi Religion 7. A Critical Review of Paul Courtright's "GaneSa, Lord of Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings" /Visual Agarwal and Kartmik Kalavai Venkataramani 8. Teaching Hinduism : "The Authenticitv of Representation in Pluralistic World" /Joseph Schaller 9. The Taboo of Belief; Anthropological Methods and the Study of Religion /Julia A. Jean Philosophy 10. Advaita as Non-Dual Idealism /Benjamin T. Root 11. Ipseity, Atman and Consciousness /Vinod D. Deshmukh 12. Turiya: The Fourth State of Consciousness and Step Model of Self-Consciousness /Vinod D. Deshmukh 13. From Unity to Multiplicity: Threshold Division as Vedic and Fourfold as Western /Jack Engstrom 14. Quantum Potentiality and Importance of Consciousness in the Universe /Lothar Schafer 15. Concept of Time in Indian Heritage /S. Ram Mohan 16. What the Upanisads have to Teach us in the 21st' century /Francis X. Clonney, S.J. 17. A Summary of The Author's Theory of Foundations of Reality and Spirituality, with Applications to Vedic Statements /Jagdish N. Srivastava 18. Unravelling Uncertainty: An Advaitic Paradigm /Raju Chidambaram 19. The Indian Cultural Heritage and its Contribution to the World /V.D. Misra Modern Concepts 20. The Communion of Saints : Models of Holiness in a World of Conflict /Thomas A. Forsthoefel 21. The Hindu Vision as Framework for Religious Pluralism in the 21st Century /Varadaraja V. Raman 22. Scientific Analysis of Correlation between Natural Factors and Annual Festivals around the Globe /Bal Ram Singh and Kalyan Chakravarthi ER -