This second edition of Antonino Forte's seminal work, originally published in 1976, inaugurates a new Monograph Series within the publications of the Italian School of East Asian Studies....
The Hindu Harivamsa (third to fourth century), well known for its account of the god Krsna's life, contains a hymn to a female divinity, Nidra-Vindhyavasini, asked to step in, at the time of Krsna's b...
This first paperback edition of a renowned collection of essays by noted scholar of Chinese history and philosophy Tu Wei-ming includes a new introductory essay by Robert Cummings Neville, Dean of the...
A fascinating biography of Prince Siddhartha Gautama and his spiritual transformation into the historical Buddha, the great teacher whose ideas have changed the world....