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RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY

"ASIATIC MYTHOLOGY - A DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION OF THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ALL THE GREAT NATIONS OF ASIA"

By J.Hackin; Clement Huart; Raymonde Loinossier; H.De Wilman-Grabowska; Charles-Henri Marchal; Henri Maspero and Serge Eliseev.
With chapters on the mythology of Persia; Indo-China and Java; Modern China; Japan; Buddhism in India; Brahmanic mythology; and the mythology of Lamaism.
Reprint of the 1932 Edition.
Hard Back. 460 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0920-4) £42.95 plus G p&p *

"BUDDHISM IN CHINA"

By Rev. S Beal
From the "Non-Christian Religious Systems" series. Reprint of the 1884 Edition.
Hard Back. 263 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1190-X) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"THE INDIAN BUDDHIST ICONOGRAPHY"

By Benoytosh Bhattacharyya,
Mainly based on the Sadhanamala and other cognate tantric texts of rituals with 283 illustrations.
Reprint of the 1924 Edition.
Hard Back. 220 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0842-9) £35.95 plus G p&p *

"THE RELIGION OF TIBET"

By Charles Bell
This book describes how Buddhism came to Tibet, its development to suit the needs of an exceptional
Country and People and how, for several Centuries and down to the present day, it dominates the Tibetan Nation. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Reprint of 1931 Edition.
Hard Back. 235 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0480-6) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"THE GOSPEL OF BUDDHA"

By Paul Carus,
This book sketches the picture of a Religious leader of the remote past with the view of making it bear upon the living present and become a factor in the formation of the future. Reprint of the 1894 Edition.
Hard Back. 310 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0539-X) £7.95 plus E p&p *

"THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE HINDUS"

By Charles Coleman,
With notices of various Mountain and Island Tribes inhabiting the two Peninsulas of India and the neighbouring Islands and an appendix comprising the Minor avatars, and the Mythological and religious terms of the Hindus. Complete with illustrations of the principal Hindu Deities. Reprint of the 1832 Edition.
Hard Back. 401 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0971-9) £34.95 plus G p&p *

"AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POPULAR RELIGION AND FOLKLORE OF NORTHERN INDIA"

By W.Crooke,
This book was written to enable understanding of the mysterious inner life of the races of Northern India. Reprint of the 1894 Edition.
Hard Back. 420 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0970-0) £19.95 plus F p&p *

"MEMOIR ON THE HISTORY OF THE TOOTH-RELIC OF CEYLON"

By J.Gerson Da Cunha,
With a preliminary essay on the Life and System of Gautama Buddha, details of relics of Buddha;
the history of Buddha's tooth relic, it's capture and destruction by the Portuguese.
A reprint of the 1875 edition.
Hard Back. 70 pages . (IBSN: 81-206-1173-X) £6.50 plus D p&p *

"BUDDHISM"

By Ernest J Eitel
Buddhism, its historical, theoretical and popular aspects in three lectures.
Reprint of the 1873 second edition.
Hard Back. 122 pages. (ISBN 81-206-0732-5) £7.45 plus E p&p *

"A PRIMER OF HINDUISM"

By J.N.Farquhar
A detailed outline of the history of Hinduism together with Hinduism as a system.
Reprint of the 1914 Edition.
Hard back. 222 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0868-2) £6.95 plus E p&p

"THE LEGENDS AND THEORIES OF THE BUDDHISTS COMPARED WITH
HISTORY AND SCIENCE"

By R.Spence Hardy,
With introductory notices of the life and system of Gotama Buddha
Reprint of the 1907 Edition.
Hard Back. 244 pages.(ISBN: 81-206-0733-3) £8.50 plus E p&p *

"QANOON-E-ISLAM or the CUSTOMS OF THE MUSSULMANS
OF INDIA"

By Jaffur Shurreef,
Comprising a full and exact account of their various rites and ceremonies from the moment of birth till
the hour of death. Illustrated. A reprint of the 1863 edition.
Hard Back. (ISBN 81-206-0712-0) £15.95 plus G p&p *
Soft Back. £8.95 plus G p&p *

"BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY IN INDIA AND CEYLON"

By A Berriedale Keith,
Buddhism in the Pali Canon, Developments in the Hinayana and the Philosophy of the Mahayana.
Reprint of the 1923 edition.
Hard Back. 339 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1053-9) £12.95 plus E p&p *

"THE ESSENCE OF BUDDHISM"

By P.Lakshmi Narasu
The leading ideas of Buddhism interpreted in the light of modern knowledge.
Reprint of the 1907 Edition.
Hard Back. 212 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0220-X) £8.50 plus E p&p *

"THE STORY OF THE STUPA"

By A.H.Longhurst
The umbrella as a symbol of Religious Sovereignty, the evolution of Stupa, Kerala architecture and
Himalayan architecture. A reprint of the 1936 edition.
Hard Back. 52 pages and 42 plates. (IBSN: 81-206-0160-2) £11.95 plus E p&p *

"HINDUISM PAST AND PRESENT"

By J.M.Mitchell,
Hinduism past and present with an account of recent Hindu reformers and a brief comparison
between Hinduism and Christianity. Reprint of the 1885 Edition.
Hard Back. 299 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0338-9) £8.95 plus E p&p *

"TWO OLD FAITHS"

By J.Murray Mitchell and Sir William Muir,
Essays on the religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans. Reprint of the 1891 Edition.
Hard Back. 152 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1160-8) £8.50 plus D p&p *

"THE BUDDHA-DHAMMA or THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA"

By Narada Thera
The Buddha, his life, dawn of truth, after the Enlightenment, first converts, first discourse and the last scene. The Dhamma. What is Buddhism, some salient features, Khamma, Re-birth, the cause of Birth and Death,
the wheel of life, Nubbana. Reprint of the 1942 Edition.
Hard Back. 337 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0540-3) £10.95 plus E p&p *
Soft Back. 337 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0541-1) £5.95 plus D p&p *

"THE PILGRIMAGE OF BUDDHISM and A BUDDHIST PILGRIM"

By James Bissett Pratt,
Reprint of the 1928 Edition.
Hard Back. 438 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1196-9) £25.95 plus G p&p *

"THE LIFE OF BUDDHA AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF HIS ORDER"

By W.Woodville Rockhill,
The life of Buddha derived from Tibetan works in the Bkah-Hgyur and Bstan-Hgyur, followed by notices on the early history of Tibet and Khoten.
Reprint of the 1884 Edition.
Hard back. 272 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0748-1) £8.50 plus E p&p

"THE BUDDHIST PRAYING WHEEL"

By William Simpson
A collection of material bearing upon the symbolism of the wheel and circular movements in custom
and Religious Rituals. Reprint of the 1896 Edition.
Hard Back. 303 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0647-7) £19.95 plus E p&p *

"JAINISM or THE EARLY FAITH OF ASOKA"

By Edward Thomas,
With illustrations of the Ancient religions of the East, from the Pantheon of the Indo-Scythians.
With a notice on Bactrian Coins and Indian Dates. Reprint of the 1877 Edition.
Hard Back. 82 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0980-8) £12.95 plus D p&p *

"INDIAN SERPENT-LORE or THE NAGAS IN HINDU LEGEND AND ART"

By J.Ph.Vogel
The legends relating to the Ngas which are found in the brahmanical and Buddhist literature of India.
With 30 plates. Reprint of the 1926 Edition.
Hard Back. 318 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-1071-7) £25.95 plus G p&p *

"THE BUDDHISM OF TIBET OR LAMAISM"

By L.Austine Waddell,
With its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology and in its Relation to Indian Buddhism. Illustrated.
Reprint of the 1899 edition.
Hard Back. 598 pages. (ISBN: 81-206-0673-6) £18.95 plus F p&p *

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