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Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. This book is an introduction to Ayurveda, the ancient system of medicine that has been practiced in the Indian subcontinent for several centuries. It seeks to acquaint the reader, without too many technical details, with the evolution of Ayurveda from its religious moorings to one based on reason and examination. Ayurveda is the world's most sophisticated and powerful mind-body health systems. More than a mere system of treating illness, Ayurveda is a science of life! It offers a body of wisdom designed to help people stay vibrant and healthy while realizing their full human potential. It uses the inherent principles of nature, to help maintain health in a person by keeping the individual's body, mind and spirit in perfect equilibrium with nature. Practicing Ayurveda also improves your yoga practice, a perfect win-win situation! This book brings you a wide range of Ayurvedic tips and suggestions for a healthier lifestyle. The book will generate interest in the rich diversity of medicinal plants used in the Ayurveda system of medicine and the importance of preventive holistic healing in management of health and disease.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Metaphysics, the philosophical study whose object is to determine the real nature of things-to determine the meaning, structure and principles of whatever is insofar as it is. Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali is based on his Yoga Sutras. In the Yoga Sutras Patanjali brought together various principles and practices of yoga prevalent at his time into a coherent system. The sutras are short forms with a few essential words each. This is a confusing verse and doesn't fit nicely into the metaphysics we have on hand in Hindu thought, so it requires some analysis. Some commentators use "desire is eternal" for this verse. Most translators use "beginningless" or "without beginning". The mind, on reading the verse, tends to add "without end" because if a thing has no beginning, yet exists, it has no end. Patanjali's Yogasutra with commentary rendered in current psychological idiom. It features an extensive introduction to the context and attempts to draw out conclusions on the implication of yoga theory and practices to current psychological knowledge. This book thus provides the psychological context and the relevance of studies of yoga for advancing the existing psychological knowledge. Yoga psychology provides the foundation for Indian psychology, an emerging discipline, rooted in classical Indian tradition.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. E-Research gets the learner through the whole research progression from problem formulation through literature review ethics approval to dissemination and publication. Written in clear non technical language with educational research examples this book shown how each of these workings of the research process changes in a net enabled context. Recent applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have a strong social impact on society and daily life. One of the aspects of society that has been transforming is the way of learning and teaching. In recent years, we have seen exponential growth in electronic learning (E-learning) such as Internet-based learning through Web services. E-learning is defined as an innovative approaches for facilitating well designed, media-equipped, interactive and learner-friendly education for anybody, anywhere and at any time by applying various digital sources along with other educational methods provided through open, flexible and well-distributed educational system. Thus E-Learning can take place at people's work or at home and at the time they are available. The author has specially designed this book based on the original readings. In the present book the author has made an effort to keep the language simple, without compromising the effectiveness of the argument or diluting the analyses.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Buddhism in Southeast Asia included a variety of traditions of Buddhism including two main traditions: Mahayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism. Historically, Mahayana Buddhism had a prominent position in this region, but in modern times most countries follow the Theravada tradition. Southeast Asian countries with a Theravada Buddhist majority are Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. Buddhism reached Southeast Asia both directly over sea from India and indirectly from Central Asia and China in a process that spanned most of the first millennium CE. In the early centuries of the Common Era, the people in various parts of Southeast Asia came to know of Buddhism as a result of increased contact with the Indian merchants who had come to the region to trade. These merchants not only established trading stations in Southeast Asia, but also brought their religions and cultures with them. Under their influence, the local people began to practice a mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism, while retaining at the same time many of their old beliefs and customs. In this book is presented for the first time a comprehensive survey of the Buddhist influence on Asian culture and civilization.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Childhood is a time in life that should be filled with joy and imagination, and free of fear and any serious responsibility. However, for many people, this not their reality, as abuse and trauma have warped their experience of it. Canadian Red Cross defines child abuse as "any form of physical, emotional and/or sexual mistreatment or lack of care that causes injury or emotional damage to a child or youth " Emotional abuse, exposure to family violence, physical abuse and sexual abuse are all forms of child abuse. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is any person below the age of 18. As such, just like any other person, s/he has rights. Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them. According to a factsheet published by the World Health Organization (WHO), abuse has many consequences. Aside from bruises and physical injuries, it can lead to development delays, drug abuse, depression, stress disorders, self-harm and many more. The fact sheet also states that parent training and home visiting programs can be implemented in order to prevent child abuse or at least help reduce child maltreatment rates. Since child abuse has become a global problem, many countries took the initiatives to deal with and solve this issue. This comprehensive book aims at a broader academic and public audience interested in the many aspects and ramifications of Children's rights and Human development. Read less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible. Since the 1960s and the origins of the modern human rights movement, human rights organizations have produced their own research. In-depth and well-documented reports, replete with testimonial evidence and analysis of government policy and practice, are the stock-in-trade product of human rights organizations. They serve as the basis of lobbying and campaign efforts, and they provide the underpinnings of organizational reputation and credibility. Human rights organizations invented the genre of human rights research. It typically resembles evidence gathered for a legal argument rather than analysis in the tradition of social science. Human rights organizations do not seek to describe general social conditions; rather, the main objective of human rights reporting is to document patterns of human rights violations and expose the perpetrators, institutions and policies that facilitate abuse. This comprehensive book will be an essential reading for any PhD candidate embarking on a dissertation in the field of human rights and any human rights scholar wishing to critically reflect on the quality of her/his own methods of work.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Classical music has ancient roots, and it primarily developed due to the reverence for arts, for both spiritual (moksha) and entertainment (kama) purposes in Hinduism. The Buddha discouraged music aimed at entertainment, but encouraged chanting of sacred hymns.[34] The various canonical Tipitaka texts of Buddhism, for example, state Dasha-shila or ten precepts for those following the Buddhist spiritual path. Among these is the precept recommending "abstain from dancing, singing, music and worldly spectacles". Buddhism does not forbid music or dance to a Buddhist layperson, but its emphasis has been on chants, not on musical raga. Raga, along with performance arts such as dance and music, has been historically integral to Hinduism, with some Hindus believing that music is itself a spiritual pursuit and a means to moksha (liberation). Râgas, in the Hindu tradition, are believed to have a natural existence. Artists don't invent them, they only discover them. Music appeals to human beings, according to Hinduism, because they are hidden harmonies of the ultimate creation. This book deals with the communication of identical phrases and single notes projecting various shades within a particular raga or in different ragas. The book is a must read for students, teachers and music lovers interested in Indian Classical Music in depth.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Drama had its earliest beginnings in the corporate life of the village. The villagers had to undertake the communal task of ploughing, reaping and harvesting and clearing the wasteland. This pattern of work and the survival of the community were determined by cycles of cultivation and change of seasons. And this in turn expressed itself in rituals that fed into mythologies. The rituals were performed as types of worship that both ensured the continuity of the cycles and acknowledged its significance. As community activities these rituals did not require texts, so that many folk plays survived as mimetic actions alone. It was only much later that they were re inscribed into texts as rationalization for performances that may have taken place. Classical Sanskrit theatre reached its boom during the first nine centuries: (BCE). It was Sanskrit grammarian Panini who brought to fore the aphorisms on acting. Kautilya's book on statesmanship the Artha-shastra (4th century bce) depicted allusions to actors, dancers, theatrical companies and academies. Beyond this, the form, style and classical structure of aesthetic acting were consolidated in Bharata Muni's treatise on dramaturgy, Natya- shastra. Bharata defined drama as. Mimicry of the actions and conduct of people, rich in various emotions, and depicting different situations; this relates to actions of men as good, bad and indifferent and gives courage, amusement, happiness, and advice to all of them. Bharata slotted drama in 10 types. The two most important ones are: nataka (heroic) and prakarana (social). Nataka deals with eulogy and gallant themes of gods and kings and draws its roots from epical history or mythology, namely, Kalidasa's Shakuntala and Bhavabhuti's Uttararamacharita. Unlike Nataka, Prakarana creates a plot that deals with ordinary mortals, such as a courtesan; one such important work is Shudraka's Mrichchakatika. Most of the then plays unfolded between 1 and 10 acts. There were many one-act plays.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a legendary educationist, a Sanskrit scholar and a social reformer who not only changed the Bengali alphabet and type but also challenged Hindu orthodoxy by playing a pivotal role in passing the Widow Remarriage Act. He also fought for women's education and vigorously challenged the barbaric practice of child marriage. Standing tall against the conservative power centres of Hindu society, Vidyasagar was a man who was way ahead of his times. In light of the desecration of his statue, it is time to remind ourselves about this visionary of modern Indian history. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's pioneering work in Bengali prose certainly deserves the very best of appreciation. He mostly devoted his time writing reformist literature and textbooks. Vidyasagar cannot be judged as one of the best pure literary figures of Bengal but his simplification of idiomatic expressions and clarification of the writing style provided the sound base on which latter Bengali writers like Tekchand Thakur, Pyarichand Mitra and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee built their literary superstructures. Vidhyasagar also wrote biographical notes on numerous noteworthy personalities in the history of the world so that the young generation could be inspired by reading the great examples of their endurance, hard work, honesty, patience, perseverance, courage, determination and philosophy of life. Disillusioned by the lack of tangible public support, he spent the last two decades with the Santhal tribes in present-day Jharkhand. There, he opened the first school for tribal girls. The present book offers a comprehensive insite of the life and legacy of the Indian reformer and intellectual, Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar (1820-91). A must read book for all who are interested in the social life of british raj and reformers struggle in bengal.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Music is a universal language. Musical and cultural sustainability are inseparable from environmental ecosystem sustainability. That's been one of this blog's themes from the outset. Sustainability and innovation are essential elements in the live-music business today. Every culture in the world has its own form of music that is enjoyed by all ages on every continent. Although each culture is different, music unifies all races and has been used throughout history for different occasions and for enjoyment purposes. Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts of musical behavior, instead of only its isolated sound component. Folklorists, who began preserving and studying folklore music in Europe and the US in the 19th century, are considered the precursors of the field prior to the Second World War. Choreomusicologists hold that studying the variable relationships between sound and movement in diverse performance arts can provide insight into perceptual sensibilities, cultural processes, and interpersonal dynamics. This informative book will be of interest to students, musicologists and social scientists in general.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. India is a country with enormous social and cultural diversity due to its positioning on the crossroads of many historic and pre-historic human migrations. The hierarchical caste system in the Hindu society dominates the social structure of the Indian populations. The origin of the caste system in India is a matter of debate with many linguists and anthropologists suggesting that it began with the arrival of Indo- European speakers from Central Asia about 3500 years ago. Previous genetic studies based on Indian populations failed to achieve a consensus in this regard. We analysed the Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA of three tribal populations of southern India, compared the results with available data from the Indian subcontinent and tried to reconstruct the evolutionary history of Indian caste and tribal populations. No significant difference was observed in the mitochondrial DNA between Indian tribal and caste populations, except for the presence of a higher frequency of west Eurasian-specific haplogroups in the higher castes, mostly in the north western part of India. On the other hand, the study of the Indian Y lineages revealed distinct distribution patterns among caste and tribal populations. The paternal lineages of Indian lower castes showed significantly closer affinity to the tribal populations than to the upper castes. The frequencies of deep-rooted Yhaplogroups such as M89, M52, and M95 were higher in the lower castes and tribes, compared to the upper castes. The book is intended not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students of biotechnology, genomics and related sciences, but is also aimed to draw attention of policy makers and teachers at national and international levels to the possible approaches in the field of biotechnology.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. A learning system based on formalised teaching but with the help of electronic resources is known as E-learning. While teaching can be based in or out of the classrooms, the use of computers and the Internet forms the major component of E-learning. E-learning can also be termed as a network enabled transfer of skills and knowledge, and the delivery of education is made to a large number of recipients at the same or different times. Earlier, it was not accepted wholeheartedly as it was assumed that this system lacked the human element required in learning. e-Learning research is an expanding and diversifying field of study. Specialist research units and departments proliferate. E-learning is playing very important role in the present educational scenario. It has potential to change the whole education system and due to this very reason it has become one of the most preferred subjects for the researchers. Research works on e-learning are going on in various disciplines like Mass Communication, Education, Information and Technology (IT) and Distance Education. Scholars are working on the various aspects of e-learning. The preset book provides a coherent, comprehensive, and empirically-based framework for understanding e-learning in higher education.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Just as there are billions of people on this planet, there are also billions of different dispositions and inclinations. From the Buddhist point of view, a wide choice of religions is needed to suit the varied needs of different people Buddhism recognizes that all religions share the same aim of working for the wellbeing of mankind. Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar's religious conversion is often a topic of curiosity and debate among people, who wonder why he chose Buddhism or didn't choose Islam, Christianity or Sikhism when he renounced Hinduism. There are several myths or misconceptions associated with his choice. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in 1956. For two decades, he studied all major religions to conclude Buddha and his teachings allowed reform. Ambedkar has answered this in an essay titled 'Buddha and Future of His Religion', which was published in 1950 in the monthly magazine of Kolkata's Mahabodhi Society. In the essay, compares the personalities of founders of four religions, which "have not only moved the world in the past, but are still having a sway over the vast masses of people" The four are Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed and Krishna. Ambedkar starts by stating that what separates Buddha from the rest of the other is his self-abnegation, "All throughout the Bible, Jesus insist(s) that he is the Son of God and that those who wish to enter the kingdom of God will fail, if they do not recognise him as the Son of God. Mohammed went a step further. Like Jesus he also claimed that he was the messenger of God. But he further insisted that he was the last messenger. Krishna went a step beyond both Jesus and Mohammed.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The caste system divides people into groups; at the bottom are the Dalit Historically, they have been denied education, consigned to menial tasks such as scavenging, and deprived of self-determination The Indian constitution safeguards what it calls "scheduled castes" through affirmative action policies. In theory, all citizens are equal, but in practice violence is on the rise. Ambedkar combined fearless and trenchant criticism of religion with a deep sympathy and understanding of it. When he diagnosed Hinduism as a religion of inequality because it sanctified caste or when he converted to Buddhism with his followers, Ambedkar was saying that religion can be and must be criticized. The Dalit Buddhist movement is a socio-political movement by Dalits in India started by B. R. Ambedkar. It radically re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new school of Buddhism called Navayana. The movement has sought to be a socially and politically engaged form of Buddhism. December 6 marks a special day for millions of Dalits and socially backward citizens of India. It was on December 6, 62 years ago, that one of the greatest crusaders of the country's marginalised communities, Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar passed away But it was two months prior to his passing away, that Baba Saheb took a pivotal step that would shape the course of the life of millions. This was the time when he converted to Buddhism. Baba Saheb's conversion not only marked the beginning of Ambedkar (ite) Buddhism that continues to gather more followers every year, but also gave lakhs of Dalits suffering under India's oppressive caste system a new lens to view their identity from, and redefine their place in the country. Speaking about the necessity of conversion, Ambedkar had in a speech in 1935 said, "After giving deep thought to the problem, everybody will have to admit that conversion is necessary to the Untouchables as self-government is to India. The ultimate object of both is the same.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With roughly 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was created on 1 April 1937 as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh during British rule, and was renamed Uttar Pradesh in 1950. The state is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts with the capital being Lucknow. The main ethnic group is the Hindavi people, forming the demographic plurality. On 9 November 2000, a new state, Uttarakhand, was carved out from the state's Himalayan hill region. The two major rivers of the state, the Ganga and Yamuna, join at Allahabad (Prayagraj) and then flow as the Ganga further east. Hindi is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state, along with Urdu. It covers 243,290 square kilometres (93,933 sq mi), equal to 7.34% of the total area of India, and is the fourth-largest Indian state by area. Agriculture and service industries are the largest parts of the state's economy. The service sector comprises travel and tourism, hotel industry, real estate, insurance and financial consultancies. The economy of Uttar Pradesh is the third-largest state economy in India with Rs. 15.42 lakh crore (US$220 billion) in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of Rs. 61,000 (US$880). Covering almost all important topics this 2 volume encyclopaedia book on Uttar Pradesh will be very useful for students who are preparing for competitive exams and general readers.