Hinduism (Bookshelf)

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Hinduism (Sanskrit: Sanātana Dharma सनातन धर्म "eternal law"; in several modern Indian languages also known as Hindū Dharma), is a religion that originated on the Indian subcontinent. With its foundations in the Vedic civilization, it has no known founder being itself a conglomerate of diverse beliefs and traditions. It is the world's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam with approximately a billion adherents (2005 figure), of whom about 890 million live in India. Other countries with large Hindu populations include Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

—Excerpted from Hinduism on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

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Contents 1 Important texts 1.1 Vedas 1.2 Mahabharata 2 Tales 3 Yoga 4 Historical 5 Law 6 Biography 7 Comparative religion

Important texts

• Hindu literature: Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala 
• Le Râmâyana  trans. Hippolyte Fauche (French)
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man 

Vedas

• The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya  trans. George Thibaut
• The Vedanta-Sutras with the commentary of Ramanuja  trans. George Thibaut

Mahabharata

• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Adi Parva 
• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Sabha Parva 
• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vana Parva, Part 1 
• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vana Parva, Part 2 
• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Virata Parva 

• The Song celestial; or, Bhagabad-gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) being a discourse between Arjuna, prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna 

Tales

• R. N. Dutta. Tales from the Hindu Dramatists 
• S. M. Mitra. Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit 
• W. G. Archer. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry 
• H. H. Milman. Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems 
• Lionel D. Barnett Hindu Gods And Heroes 

Yoga

• Annie Wood Besant. An Introduction to Yoga 
• A. P. Mukerji. The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga 
• Yogi Ramacharaka. The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath 
• Yogi Ramacharaka. A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga 
• Yogi Ramacharaka. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga 

Historical

• Surendranath Dasgupta. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 
• Sir Charles Eliot. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 
• Sir Charles Eliot. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 
• Sir Charles Eliot. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 

Law

• Yájnavalkya. Hindu Law and Judicature 

Biography

• Paramahansa Yogananda. Autobiography of a Yogi 

Comparative religion

• J. Murray Mitchell and William Muir Two Old Faiths: Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans  (English)