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New Arrival August 2017 AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM UNIVERSITY AMRITAPURI CAMPUS CENTRAL LIBRARY NEW ARRIVAL BOOKS AUGUST 2017 Sl. Acc. No Title Author Subject 1 48696 Divya Bhajana Kusumaakaram LALITHAMMA Spiritual 2 48697 Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramabansa Spiritual 3 48698 Kristubhagavatam DEVASSIA P.C. Spiritual 4 48699 Kaivalya Darsanam The Holy Science YUKTESWAR GIRI Spiritual 5 48700 Be The self Ganesan V Spiritual 6 48701 The Light of Asia and The Indian Song of SongsARNOLD, Edwin Spiritual 7 48702 Gospel of Swami Sri Santananda SASTRI Ganapati V.S Spiritual 8 48703 Peace of Mind and World Peace Spiritual 9 48704 Is Vedanta The Future Religion ? Vivekananda , Swami Spiritual 10 48705 Religion Today Spiritual 11 48706 Voice of the Himalayas SIVANANDA SWAMI Spiritual 12 48707 Kavalam Kavithakal Narayana Panikkar ,Kavalam Malayalam 13 48708 Religion of Love Vivekananda , Swami Spiritual 14 48709 Gems From Bhagavan Mudaliar, Devaraja A Spiritual 15 48710 The Mother:Words of The Mother Aurbindo Spiritual 16 48711 Meta Physical Meditations Yogananda, Paramabansa Spiritual 17 48712 Indian Philosophy of Nada and its Vocal ApplicationsRaikote ,B.S Spiritual 18 48713 A History of Indian Logic Vidyabhushana,Satish ChandraPhilosophy 19 48714 The Book of Indian Dogs Buskaran,S.Theodore English 20 48715 Chines Monks in India LAHIRI,Lathika Spiritual 21 48716 An Era of Darkness:The British Empire in IndiaTARoor,Sashi History 22 48717 Roles and Rituals for Hindu Women LESLIE, Julia Ed. Spiritual 23 48718 A History of Sanskrit Literature Dasguptha Surendra Nath Literature 24 48719 The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative StudiesMcevilley,Thomas in Greek and Indian PhilosophiesPhilosophy 25 48720 The Ocean of Chum:How the Indian Ocean ShapedSanyal,Sanjeev Human History History 26 48721 The Incredible History of India's Geography Sanyal,Sanjeev History 27 48722 The Indian Renassiance Sanyal,Sanjeev History 28 48723 Hampi:Discover the Spendours of VijayanagarGupta Suhhandra sen History 29 48724 Sacred Plants of India Krishna Nanditha Spiritual 30 48725 Sacred Animals of India Krishna Nanditha Spritual 31 48726 The Modern Monk: What Vivekananda MeansSengupta,Hindol to Us today Philosophy 32 48727 The Advaita Tradition in Indian Philosophy: ASharma Study of chandradhar Advaita in BuddhismPhilosophy ,Vedanta and Kashmira Shaivism 33 48728 Classical Indian Ethical Thought:A PhilosophicalTiwari, Study Kedar of Hindu,Jaina Nath and BuddhaPhilosophy Morals 34 48729 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization ALTEKAR, .A.S Spiritual 35 48730 Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in AncientSharma India Ram Sharan History 36 48731 The Sanskrit Drama:in the Origin,Development,TheoryKeith, A.Berricdate and Practice Sanskrit 37 48732 The Status of Women in the Epics Jayal,Shakambari Sociology 38 48733 Epistemology of Perception Phillips,Stephen H Philosophy 39 48734 Indian Psychology:Cognition SINHA,Jadunath Psychology 40 48735 Indian Psychology-Emotion and Will SINHA, Jadunath Psychology 41 48736 Indian Psychology-Epistemology of PerceptionSINHA, Jadunath Psychology 42 48737 Navya Nyaya System of Logic:Basic Theories ofGUHA,D.C Techniques Philosophy 43 48738 Vastu,Astrology and Architecture General 44 48739 Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and CivilizationZIMMER, HEINRICH Social Science 45 48740 Saraswati's Intelligence Juluri,Vamsee English - Fiction 46 48741 Konark:Temple to the Sun Spritual 47 48742 The Hindus:an alternative history DONIGER, Wendy Spiritual 48 48743 The Augmentative Indian:Writings on Indian Culture,SEN, Amarlya History and Identity History 49 48744 A History of Philosophy Thilly,Frank Philosophy 50 48745 The Art of Indian Asia:Its mythology and transformationsZIMMER, HEINRICH History 51 48746 The Art of Indian Asia: Its Mythology and transformationsZIMMER, HEINRICH History 52 48747 The Book of Hindu Imagery Jansen,Eva Rudy Hinduism 53 48748 Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit grammar and dictionaryEdgerton,Franklin Sanskrit 54 48749 Buddhist hybrid sanskrit grammar and dictionaryEdgerton,Franklin Sanskrit 55 48750 The Essentials of Indian Philosophy HIRIYANNA, M Philosophy 56 48751 A History of early vedanta philosophy Nakamura,Hajime Philosophy 57 48752 A history of Sanskrit Literature MacDonnell,Arthur A Sanskrit 58 48753 Outlines of Indian Philosophy HIRIYANNA, M Philosophy 59 48754 A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary MacDonnell,Arthur A Sanskrit 60 48755 Ramayana BUCK,William Spiritual 61 48756 The religion and philosophy of the veda and upanishadsKeith,Arthur Berriedale Philosophy 62 48757 The Sacred Books the East:The Vedanta Sutras Philosophy 63 48758 A Sanskrit English Dictionary Williams ,M. Monier Sanskrit 64 48759 Nachtrage zum Sanskrit-Worterbuch SCHMIDT, Richard J Sanskrit 65 48760 Sanskrit-Worterbuch-Kurzerer Fassung Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 66 48761 Data Structures and Program Design in C Kruse, Robert Computer Science 67 48762 Introduction to the design & analysis of AlgorithmsLEVITIN, Anany Computer Science 68 48763 Lectures on Bhagavad Gita and ManagementJayamani, C.V Spiritual 69 48764 Vedamgalile Rashtrageetham NARAYANAKURUP,P Spiritual 70 48765 Hindu Rashtra:An ideal nation-state why & HowBabu Suseelan Hinduism 71 48766 Nottunisodhanavum Unarunna BharathavumVijayakumar,B General 72 48767 Sree Narayana Guru-Navothanathinte PravachakanParameswaran .P Biography 73 48768 Desheeya Vidyabhyasam:Kavivalkarana VivadavumJayaprasaad,K Supreme Kodathi VidhiyumGeneral 74 48769 Kerala history and its makers SREEDHARA MENON, A History 75 48770 Pattanam Constructs,Context and interventionHarishankar,B.S General 76 48771 Personal Finance Kapoor,Jack R Economics 77 48772 Personal Finance Kapoor,Jack R Economics 78 48773 The Glory of India History 79 48774 Aarathi:Kavitha Samaharam Murali,Azheekkal Malayalam 80 48775 Aarathi:Kavitha Samaharam Murali,Azheekkal Malayalam 81 48776 An Introduction to the finite element methodREDDY,J.N Electronics 82 48777 Thermodynamics:an engineering approach Cengel, Yonus A Mechanical 83 48778 Thermodynamics:an engineering approach Cengel, Yonus A Mechanical 84 48779 Architecture and art of southern india George, Michell General 85 48780 Upanishads Spiritual 86 48781 A Cultural History of India History 87 48782 Indian Philosophy RADHAKRISHNAN,S Philosophy 88 48783 Indian Philosophy RADHAKRISHNAN,S Philosophy 89 48784 Discovering the Vedas:origins,mantras,rituals,insightsSTAAL, Frits Spiritual 90 48785 Righteous Republic:The Political foundations Vajpeyi,Ananyaof modern India History 91 48786 The Idea of India Khilani,Sunil History 92 48787 The Hindus:an alternative history DONIGER, Wendy Hinduism 93 48788 India:a concise history Watson,Francis History 94 48789 The Penguin guide to the monuments of IndiaMichell,George History 95 48790 Buddha Armstrong, Karen Biography 96 48791 Hinduism and Buddhism. a historical sketch Eliot,Charles Spiritual 97 48792 The art of ancient-India Buddhist,Hindu,Jain Huntington,Susan L Spiritual 98 48793 The Philosophy of the Upanishads Duessen,Paul Spiritual 99 48794 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 100 48795 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 101 48796 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 102 48797 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 103 48798 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 104 48799 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 105 48800 Sanskrit-Worterbuch Bohtlingk,Otto Sanskrit 106 48801 Ways of thinking of Esatern peoples:India, China, Tibet,Japan Philosophy 107 48802 History of Philosophy Marias,julian Philosophy 108 48803 A Concise history of Buddhism Skilton,Andrew Spiritual 109 48804 Sanskrit Syntax Speijer,J S Sanskrit 110 48805 The Kishkindha Chronicles: Saraswati's IntelligenceJuluri,Vamsee Spiritual 111 48806 A Peed Into the Tantraloka and our cultural heritageWalli,Koshalya Spiritual 112 48807 Sanskrit and Development of World Thought Sanskrit 113 48808 Silver Jubilee Publication Series-II:Sri AurobindoMUKHERJI, on Vedic Ramaranjan Dietics Spiritual 114 48809 Chitram Chitra Bandha Balasubramanyan,V Spiritual 115 48810 Sanskrit Foundation of Indian Management EthicsNanda,Bhagirathi Sanskrit 116 48811 The Indian Theory of Aesthetics-a reappraisalSUBRAMANIAN, A V Spiritual 117 48812 Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics MUKHERJI, Ramaranjan Sanskrit 118 48813 Reconceptualizing Indian Studies Balagangadhara,S.N Spiritual 119 48814 Churchill's Secret War Mukherji,Madhusree History 120 48815 The Theft of India:The European Conquests ofMoxham,Roy India,1498-1765 History 121 48816 Kohinoor:The Story of the World's Most InfamousDALRYMPLE, Diamond William History 122 48817 Keeping the Jewel In the Crown:The British BetrayalReid,Walter of India History 123 48818 Saptashati Sarvaswam Nama Nanavidha Saptashati Rahasya Samgrahaha Sanskrit 124 48819 Kalyan Spiritual 125 48820 Sri Ramcarit Manas TULSI DAS Spiritual 126 48821 Geetha Darpan Spiritual 127 48822 Srimad Vatmeeki Ramayanam Spiritual 128 48823 Hindu Samskritika Prakar Spiritual 129 48824 Srmad Bhagavadgeetha Spiritual 130 48825 Srimad Bhagavadgeetha Spiritual 131 48826 Srimad Vatmeeki Ramayan Part 2 Spiritual 132 48827 Sabdarthacintamanih Part 3 Sukhanandanattah Spiritual 133 48828 The Art of Kerala Kshetram VATSYAYAN, Kapila Spiritual 134 48829 Traditions of Indian Folk Dance VATSYAYAN, Kapila Cultural Education 135 48830 Basha Vijnana Shabdavali Malayalam 136 48831 Ganitananda:Selected Works of Radha Charan Gupta on History of MathematicsMathematics 137 48832 History of Indian Astronomy:A Handbook General 138 48833 Traditional knowledge systems of India and Sri Lanka Economics
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