From the Sacred Library
The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans
tr. Henry David Thoreau [1932]
From the Upanishads
by Charles Johnston [1896]
Hymns of the Atharva-Veda
tr. Maurice Bloomfield (SBE 42)
Vedic Hymns, Part II
tr. Hermann Oldenberg (SBE 46)
Vedic Hymns, Part I
tr. F. Max Müller (SBE 32)
The Song Celestial
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1885]
Post-Vedic narratives of creation, devotion, and the deeds of the gods and goddesses.
Quick Facts
7 books
tr. Henry David Thoreau [1932]
Thoreau's English rendering of a tale from the Harivamsa — seven Brahmans who pass through many births as hunters, stags, geese and ducks before their release — with Arthur Christy's introduction.
R. S. Gherwal [1930]
The Thousand Names of the Goddess Lalita from the Brahmanda Purana, with a study of Kundalini yoga.
tr. Swami Vijnanananda [1921]
The Goddess's song from the Devi Bhagavatam — her teaching on knowledge, devotion, and the Self.
tr. Swami Vijnanananda [1921]
Glories of the Divine Mother — shakti, devotion, cosmology and protection across the great Devi Purana.
Lallu Lal, tr. W. Hollings [1848]
The Krishna cycle of the Bhagavata Purana — the 'Ocean of Love' retelling Sri Krishna's life and leela.
tr. Ernest Wood & S. V. Subrahmanyam [1911]
The dialogue of Vishnu and Garuda on death, the afterlife, karma, and liberation.
tr. H. H. Wilson [1840]
Creation, dharma, devotion and Vishnu tattva — the classic Purana in Wilson's complete translation.
Post-Vedic narratives of creation, devotion, and the deeds of the gods and goddesses.
Quick Facts
7 books
tr. Henry David Thoreau [1932]
Thoreau's English rendering of a tale from the Harivamsa — seven Brahmans who pass through many births as hunters, stags, geese and ducks before their release — with Arthur Christy's introduction.
R. S. Gherwal [1930]
The Thousand Names of the Goddess Lalita from the Brahmanda Purana, with a study of Kundalini yoga.
tr. Swami Vijnanananda [1921]
The Goddess's song from the Devi Bhagavatam — her teaching on knowledge, devotion, and the Self.
tr. Swami Vijnanananda [1921]
Glories of the Divine Mother — shakti, devotion, cosmology and protection across the great Devi Purana.
Lallu Lal, tr. W. Hollings [1848]
The Krishna cycle of the Bhagavata Purana — the 'Ocean of Love' retelling Sri Krishna's life and leela.
tr. Ernest Wood & S. V. Subrahmanyam [1911]
The dialogue of Vishnu and Garuda on death, the afterlife, karma, and liberation.
tr. H. H. Wilson [1840]
Creation, dharma, devotion and Vishnu tattva — the classic Purana in Wilson's complete translation.