The Renaissance in India and Other Essays on Indian culture
Author
Sri Aurobindo
ISBN
8170586097
Publisher
Sri aurobindo Ashram/Pondichery/India; 1st edition (January 1, 2004)
Edition
Hardcover
Book Description
This is a Deluxe Edition on art paper,and comes as a set of two volumes. Each variety of flower,according to the Mother,has it's own special quality and meaning.During her lifetime she gave "names" or "significances" to 898 flowers.In this book these flowers,with their significances are arranged thematically in twelve chapters.In each chapter flowers of related significance are grouped to-gether and placed in a sequence that develops the chapter's theme.Brief quotations from the works of Sri aurobindo and the Mother accompany many significances as an aid to understanding them.630 colour photographs help to identity the flowers and reveal their beauty.A seperately bound reference volume contains,glosseries,descriptions of the flowers and botanical information relating to them.