|| tirthakarebhyostu syadvadibhyo namonamah ||
|| rshabhadimahavirantebhyo svatmopalabdhye ||
Learned friends,
Jaya Jinendra
KAALAJAYI UJJAINI and ANAADI UJJAINI
KAALAJAYI UJJAINI in three volumes (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 4000 pp in 3 vols.
+ 100s of maps and line drawings
Hardcover Rs. 6000 for the set
Ancient India was geographically divided into seven divisions. The centre of this was considered to be Ujjaini, situated in the navel of the world, so to speak.
Ujjaini was the epicentre of ancient India. But somehow, unlike Varanasi, the city was never studied exhaustively from historical, social, subaltern, religio-cultural, anthropological, architectural and Indological perspectives.
Historian, researcher and journalist Dr. Ramesh Nirmal has produced this exhaustive study on Ujjaini over a period of more than a decade through painstaking research and concentrated study. He has attempted to produce a comprehensive picture of Ujjaini right since the most ancient times to today taking into account various factors such as history, culture, literature, education, architecture seeing it from the eyes of a journalist, subaltern historian and student of Indology.
He has utilised the newest research methodology but not ignored the traditionally available socio-cultural and historical data on Ujjaini. He brings to this extensive work a fresh perspective and a keen eye for humanitarian interests.
For the first time, this kind of deep research has been carried out on the Ujjaini and its forgotten past.
Several hundreds of maps and line drawings add the pictorial dimension to this book.
Truly, a first of its kind, it is a magnificent effort to place together a most comprehensive picture of Ujjaini through the ages.
ANADI UJJAINI Part 1: PRATIKALPA UJJAINI (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 348 pp
Softcover Rs. 500
Tradition holds that whenever a new era (kalpa) dawns, creation begins with Ujjaini. Ujjaini is the city that remains unfazed and unruffled by the passage of time. This book uncovers the earliest history of Ujjaini through the latest archaeological findings, historical data and is a scholarly study of the history of Ujjaini right from the earliest times to the modern era.
The author has studied with especial care the impact of the Western civilisation on Ujjaini and how it has led to the Ujjaini of today.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 2: MAHAKAL (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 352 pp
Softcover Rs. 500
Hindu measurement of time is defined by Mahakala. This depends upon Ujjaini.
It is said that the only jyotirlinga on the Earth is to be found at Ujjaini. The Puranas are full of laudatory references to Ujjain. This book sheds light upon the Ujjaini of the Mahakala era. It takes the reader on a journey into the history, architecture, religion, philosophy, cultural paradigms, and subaltern beliefs prevalent in Ujjaini during the Mahakala.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 3: PUNYASALILA SHIPRA (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 382 pp
Softcover Rs. 500
The river Shipra brings life to Ujjaini and the entire Malva region. This area is full of many examples of the river culture of historical India. Shipra is not just the life giving water resource of this area; it has an important role to play in the very culture, development and history of the region!
The author explores the complex relationship that Shipra has forged with the people of the region and the role it plays in shaping their lives and beliefs.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 4: UJJAINI DARSHAN (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 332 pp
+ many b/w photos and line drawings
Softcover Rs. 500
Ujjaini has sustained many eras, many religions, many cultures and sub-cultures and many ways of life. All of these combine to give Ujjaini a unique place in terms of the variety of riches it has to offer to the tourist, historian, epigrapher and social anthropologist. The temples and other places of worship, the historic monasteries, the architecture and arts found therein are described accurately and faithfully in this work.
This book doubles up as a book for tourist purposes as well.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 5: AVANTIKA KE ANMOL RATNA (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 242 pp
+ many b/w photos and line drawings
Softcover Rs. 500
Ujjaini has given birth to countless gems of human beings right from the ancients, Atri, Carvaka, Shudraka, Vatsyayana, Banabhatta, Vikramaditya to the greatest Sanskrit poet of them all ? Kalidasa! This volume gives authentic biographies of these giants, and critically reviews their works.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 6: AMRIT PARVA SIMHASTHA (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 544 pp
+ many b/w photos and line drawings
Softcover Rs. 1000
The Mahakumbhas or Simhasthas are symbolic of Indian culture, the social role that Indian religions play and embodies the very Indian attitude towards dharma or religion as a complete celebration of mutability. The Simhastha multiplies the glory of Ujjaini owing to many significant factors coming together.
The book explores in detail the scriptural references (mainly pauranika), the astrological factors and the social history of the Simhasthas of Ujjaini. The author examines the contribution of the various mathas, the akhadas, the diverse sampradayas of ascetics and laymen who visit Ujjaini during the Simhastha and make it the most special place on earth during the Mahakumbha.
The book also discloses many hitherto unknown facts about the Simhastha.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 7: AKSHAY AVANTIKA (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 382 pp
+ many b/w photos and line drawings
Softcover Rs. 500
Ujjaini has always been known as a city that worships wisdom. Legend has it that Maharshi Sandipani taught Lord Krishna at Ujjaini. This volume explores the manifold contribution of Ujjaini to learning from the ancient days right up to the present. This is the first such attempt to explore in detail the tradition of teaching found in Ujjaini.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 8: SANSKRITI KA SURYA UJJAIN (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 544 pp + many colour and b/w photos
Softcover Rs. 1000
The story of Ujjaini is the story of culture and learning. Ujjaini has been a centre of learning, and culture for many millennia. It has been the melting pot of many sub-civilisations within the Indian mileu. Many arts and crafts have flourished here.
This book explores the cultural contribution of Ujjaini in terms of its arts, its paintings, its iconography, its sculpture, its theatre, its tradition of printing, music, various dance forms, folk theatre, etc.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 9: UJJAINI KA ADHUNIK PRAVAH (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 544 pp + many b/w photos
Softcover Rs. 500
The ancient city state of Ujjaini has served with great n the culture of India and its sons continue to do so to this present day. Since the Indian renaissance of the 19th century, and the inception of the Indian Freedom Movement in 1857, Ujjaini and its residents have played a key role in the Indian Freedom Movement. It has developed immense industries and a strong political presence in the region.
This book explores the modern history of Ujjaini, from the 19th century onwards.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 10: UJJAINI KI VILAKSHAN VIBHUTIYAN (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 242 pp + many b/w photos
Softcover Rs. 500
There are many who have given modern Ujjaini its strong presence on the literary, creative and cultural map of India. Among those, the foremost are Pandit Suryanarayan Vyas, Dr. Shivmangalsingh Suman, Dr. VC Vakankar, Kumar Gandharv, Shamsher, Acarya Shrinivas Rath, etc.
This book throws light on their lives and achievements.
ANAADI UJJAINI Part 11: ADHUNIK UJJAINI KE GAURAV (Hindi)
By Dr. Ramesh Nirmal
Distributed by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2006 220 x 145 mm 364 pp + many b/w photos
Softcover Rs. 500
More great sons of Ujjaini have been remembered here and their lives and achievements recorded for posterity. They are all scholars, thinkers, writers and artists - creative people and achievers. They have brought great credit to the city of their birth and carried its fair name to the world.
This set of 14 books (3 volumes of Kaalajayi Ujjaini + 11 volumes of Anaadi Ujjaini) costs Rs. 12500.
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