Several scholars have presented their research and views on various aspects of the Pashupata cult. Still, it is a matter of regret that the history of the Pashupata cult is not present in the form of an independent script. No single book covers literary, religious, philosophical, historical development, inscriptions, and Lakulish statues comprehensively. Many questions based on the antiquity and foundation of the Pashupata cult have been unanswered to date. For example, the problem of the ...

This book features selected papers from International Conference on Machine and Computing Technologies for Sustainable Development (MCT4SD 2025), organized in Manila, Philippines, during 11-13 December 2025. The book is a collection of state oft heart research work in cutting-edge technologies in artificial intelligence, data science and applications, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, machine intelligence, and digital transformation.

This book features selected papers from International Conference on Machine and Computing Technologies for Sustainable Development (MCT4SD 2025), organized in Manila, Philippines, during 11-13 December 2025. The book is a collection of state-of-the art research work in cutting-edge technologies in artificial intelligence, data science and applications, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, machine intelligence and digital transformation.

This book features selected papers from International Conference on Machine and Computing Technologies for Sustainable Development (MCT4SD 2025), organized in Manila, Philippines, during December 11–13, 2025. This book is a collection of state-of-the art research work in cutting-edge technologies in artificial intelligence, data science and applications, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, machine intelligence, and digital transformation.

This book examines the intersection of caste and politics in North India and highlights its contribution to the anthropological study of democracy. It argues that the long-term process of internalization of democracy within the caste body has fundamentally changed the workings of the Indian party system. Drawing on an in-depth ethnographic case study of the Gujjars, a marginalized caste group in India, the book presents a systematic analysis of the political mobilization and culture of pol...

It is our moral duty to bring Jashodaben (Mother India) back to the house of her husband. Due to corruption in the police, 99% criminals go unpunished. Mohammed said, “Let there arise a group of people who enjoin good and forbid evil”. Moral evils are due to genes or Nature. Sexual misconduct cannot be prevented without finding a woman for every man. The state should buy eggs and serum on a large scale. The aim is to create embryos and destroy male embryos. Marriages are delayed due to the...

A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his death, today millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu claim him as their spiritual father.While others viewed Zen practice as a purification of the mind or a stage on the way to perfect enlightenment, Bodhidharma equated Zen with buddhahood and believed that it had a p...

The little-known story of Gandhi's reluctance to challenge the caste system, and the man who fought fiercely for India's downtrodden.Democracy hasn't eradicated caste, argues bestselling author and Booker Prize–winner Arundhati Roy—it has entrenched and modernized it. To understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day b...

Karen Armstrong explains how to practise the religion of compassion that her last books have preached.In November 2009 Armstrong and TED launched The Charter of Compassion, which states that "We call upon all men and women to restore compassion to the centre of morality and religion...to cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings — even those regarded as enemies." To date, it's been signed by over 48,000 people on the Web, including such figures as The Dal...

Dogen, the thirteenth-century Zen master who founded the Japanese Soto school of Zen, is renowned as one the world's most remarkable religious geniuses. His works are both richly poetic and deeply insightful and philosophical, pointing to the endless depths of Zen exploration. And almost precisely because of these facts, Dogen is often difficult for readers to understand and fully appreciate.Realizing Genjokoan is a comprehensive introduction to the teachings and approach ...

This book gathers papers addressing state-of-the-art research in all areas of information and communication technologies and their applications in intelligent computing, cloud storage, data mining, and software analysis. It presents the outcomes of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems (ICTIS 2025), held in New York, USA. The book discusses the fundamentals of various data analysis techniques and algorithms, making it a valuab...

The World’s Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the world’s predominant faiths. This essential guide to comparative religion covers Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as regional native traditions.This revised and updated edition provides sympathetic descriptions of the various traditions, ...