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SISTER NIVEDITA (18671911) |
| Miss Margaret E. Noble, later well-known as Sister Nivedita was the brilliantly gifted Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. Her dedication to the cause of Vedanta and the service of India was complete. As one of the greatest interpreters of the ideals, culture, religions, and customs and manners of India,she exerted a tremendous influence on the leading figures of the national movement in India in the early years of this century. Her writings bear the stamp of her Gurus blessing: Be thou the teacher and exemplar to Indias rising generation. For sheer power and beauty of language, her writings can be classed with some of the best in English literature. |
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Sister Nivedita
This is the only authentic life of the Sister in English. Written in simple, yet beautiful style, the book gives a glimpse into one of the lives that played an important role in the resurgence of India. pp. 314; Rs. 50 |
| Cradle Tales of Hinduism
This book is a collection of traditional Indian nursery-tales told by Sister Nivedita in her inimitable style. The heroes and heroines of ancient India presented here are not only noted for their valour or beauty, but for their strength of character and nobility. pp. 320; Rs. 35 |
| Kali the Mother
Kali the Mother is a collection of excellent essays on the Divine Mother of the Universe, written from an intensely personal point of view blended with an extraordinary metaphysical insight into the cosmic aspect of the Kali Ideal. No one who wants to understand the traditional Indian worship of the Terrible in Nature as an aspect of God can afford to miss a perusal of this brilliant study. This was the first book of Sister Nivedita. pp. 110; Rs. 10 |
| Footfalls of Indian History
Here the Sister gives a glimpse of the past glories and drawbacks of India in a nutshell. She has discussed the most important topics regarding Religion, Philosophy, Culture, Economics, Architecture, Influence of the Gupta Dynasty, Historical Significance of the Northern Pilgrimage and some Problems of Indian Research. In the last chapter she has drawn a fine picture of Varanasi, the most ancient city of India. pp. 264; Rs. 38 |
| Religion and Dharma
Readers may wonder at the implied antithesis in the title between an English and a Sanskrit word which are frequently taken to be practically identical in meaning. Dharma, however, is a word that to the Hindu has a larger and more complex significance than that of Religion, as commonly used among us. It includes the whole social conception of law and conduct and worship. Dharma, is the force or principle that binds together; the union of traditional thought and faith of common custom, loyalty, and understanding, that makes of society an organic or religious unity. 'This patience, this steadfastness, this sincerity,' Sister Nivedita writes, 'is Dharmathe substance, the self-ness, of things and of men.' pp. 152; Rs. 20 |
| The Web of Indian Life
The Web of Indian Life is a book in which Sister Nivedita has given us pictures of the Indian woman in her role as mother and wife and as the feeder and sustainer of the national culture and traditions. The author then enters into a study of the national epics, the caste system, and various other aspects of Indian life and ideas, and gives a brilliant sketch of Indian thought and what it stands for. pp. 312; Rs. 40 |
| The Complete Works of Sister Nivedita in 5 volumes
In these volumes we find her marvellous intellect, her lyric powers of expression, the intensity with which she held her beliefs and convictions, her capacity to see the soul of things straightway and above all her love for India that overflowed all bounds. pp. 2650; Rs. 350 |
| Letters of Sister Nivedita
18981911 These turbulent years of India are the backdrop of the nearly one thousand letters written by Nivedita to her close friends and the contacts both on the national and the international scenepoliticians, princes, businessmen, editors, poets, scientists, etc. (These letters have not been incorporated into her 'Complete Works'.) pp. 1300; Rs. 200 |
| Aggressive Hinduism
Here, Sister Nivedita calls upon the Indian to conquer the world through his spirituality, in her dynamic language: 'On, on, in the name of a new spirituality to command the treasures of the modern world!' pp. 37; Rs. 4 |
| Civic and National Ideals
Some unpublished essays of Sister Nivedita, dealing with ideals of national life, have been compiled into this volume. pp. 95; Rs. 15 |
| Hints on National Education
Herein the Sister gives a broad outline of her ideas on national education in India. The message and the directions which she has imparted to us so splendidly in these pages should be held as a charter for India's intellectual freedom.
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| Siva and Buddha
This booklet contains two little stories found among the papers of Sister Nivedita. These stories bear eloquent testimony to the Sister's ability in the art of story-telling. pp. 42; Rs. 6 |
| Notes on Some Wanderings with Swami Vivekananda
A series of articles which appeared in the 'Brahmavadin' of Madras have been collected into this little volume. It offers bright glimpses of some unknown nooks of the life of Swami Vivekananda and the training through which his great Western disciple had to pass in the hands of her Master. pp. 107; Rs. 12 |
| Story of Sister Nivedita
A brief and simple biography of the Sister. pp. 73; Rs. 12 |
| Voice of India
A collection of brilliant quotations from Nivedita's writings and sayings. pp. 91; Rs. 3 |
| The Master as I saw Him
An intimate account and study of the life of Swami Vivekananda by his renowned disciple. Couched in stirring language, the book is indispensable to all those who want to get a true glimpse of the personality of the great Swami. pp. 362; Rs. 40 |