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Hello Indologists,

 

Just writing to let you know about two new books and two interesting items.

 

 

Our list's very own Lars Martin Fosse has produced a new edition of the

Bhagavad Gita. He will no doubt demur, but I think it's the best Gita ever. It

contains a particularly informative introduction, the Sanskrit text of the

Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute's critical edition in Devanagari, an

unparalleled new English translation, a comprehensive glossary of names and

nicknames,

and a thorough index. Karen Armstrong was kind enough to pen the endorsement.

 

Find out more about the Bhagavad Gita:

http://www.YogaVidya.com/gita.html

http://www.YogaVidya.com/Yoga/BhagavadGita.pdf

 

 

We've also just published a new edition of the Shiva Samhita, the third and

concluding volume in our trilogy of the most noted Hatha Yoga works. It

contains a new introduction, the original Sanskrit in Devanagari (in fact, it's

a new

critical edition created by Dr. Mallinson for this book), a new English

translation, nine full-page photographs, and an index. Elizabeth De Michelis

generously contributed the blurb.

 

Find out more about the Shiva Samhita:

http://www.YogaVidya.com/ss.html

http://www.YogaVidya.com/Yoga/ShivaSamhita.pdf

 

 

Here's something very cool: Our new Gita has been selected to be part of a

kind of art installation known as a curated bookshelf. Check it out.

http://www.blankblank.net/collection/mikeandmaaike/religion/index.php

 

 

And here's something very funny. On March 22nd the traffic from our Google

AdWords campaign for the Gita just exploded. Why? We looked down the list of

keywords and discovered everyone was searching for Sanjaya, one of the Gita's

interlocutors--but also a contestant on American Idol!

 

 

Brian

 

P. S. This has been posted only to the Indology group. Permission is

granted to repost it to other groups.

 

 

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