Alain Daniélou | Author

About the Author

Alain Danielou was born in Paris in 1907. After studying in France and the United States, he devoted himself to musicology, traveling in North Africa, the Middle East, China, Japan, and Indonesia. He then settled in India, first at Santiniketan and then at Benares, where for more than twenty years show more he studied Sanskrit, music, and philosophy with traditional Hindu scholars. In 1945, he was appointed Assistant Director/Professor of the College of Music at the Hindu University of Benares. He founded and directed the Institute for Comparative Music Studies in Berlin and Venice, also directing the UNESCO anthologies of Oriental Music and Musical Sources. In 1971, he donated his precious library to the Cini Foundation in Venice. The author of more than thirty books on the religion, history, and arts of India and the Mediterranean, Alain Danielou died in 1994 show less

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Works by Alain Daniélou

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The Complete Kama Sutra (0200) — Translator, some editions — 1,250 copies

The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series (1964) 212 copies

Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus (1979) 125 copies

The Phallus: Sacred Symbol of Male Creative Power (1995) 65 copies

A Brief History of India (1971) 57 copies

While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind (1985) 48 copies

Music and the Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness (1995) 40 copies

The Hindu Temple: Deification of Eroticism (1962) 34 copies

Yoga: The Method of Re-Integration (1951) 34 copies

Shiva and the Primordial Tradition: From the Tantras to the Science of Dreams (2003) 32 copies

Way to the Labyrinth: Memories of East and West (1981) 29 copies

Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe (1991) 27 copies

Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation: The Four Aims of Life in the Tradition of Ancient India (1993) 18 copies

Ragas of Northern Indian Music (1968) 18 copies

India, a civilization of differences (2003) 16 copies

Introduction to the Study of Musical Scales (1999) 6 copies

Northern Indian Music (1954) 5 copies

Manimekhalaï: The Dancer with the Magic Bowl (2006) 5 copies

Origines et pouvoirs de la musique (2004) 5 copies

Les quatre sens de la vie et la structure de l'Inde traditionnelle (1992) 4 copies

L'Inde traditionnelle : Photographies, 1935-1955 (2002) 4 copies

Le Destin du monde d'après la tradition shivaïte (1992) 3 copies

Sémantique musicale (1978) 3 copies

Fools of God (1988) 3 copies

Yoga, Kâma : Le corps est un temple (2006) 2 copies

A Catalogue of Recorded Classical and Traditional Indian music: With an introd. on Indian musical theory and… 2 copies

Les Contes du labyrinthe (1990) 2 copies

Approche de l'hindouisme (2005) 2 copies

Le Shiva-Svarodaya : la naissance du souffle de vie révélé par le dieu Shiva : ancien traité de présages et… (1981) 2 copies

Yoga, the Method of Re-Integration 1 copy

a musical anthology of the orient LP 1 copy

Musical sources - Kurdish Music (Vinyl) 1 copy

Il tamburo di Shiva. La tradizione musicale dell'India del nord (2007) 1 copy

Kathâkali: le théâtre dansé de l'Inde 1 copy

Les quatre sens de la vie (2000) 1 copy

India ajalugu 1 copy

Bharata Natyam : der klassische Tanz Indiens 1 copy

Einführung in die indische Musik (Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft) (1975) 1 copy

Hindu polytheism 1 copy

Le labyrinthe d'une vie. Alain Danielou (1907-1994) Orient & Occident 1 copy

Hindu polytheism 1 copy

Storia dell'India 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (0004) — some editions — 2,175 copies

Silappatikaram (1993) — Translator, some editions — 128 copies

The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984) — Contributor — 122 copies

The Fourth Ghost Book (1965) — Contributor, some editions — 25 copies

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Canonical name: Daniélou, Alain
Other names: Shiva Sharan
DANIÉLOU, Alain
DANIELOU, Alain
Birthdate: 1907-10-04
Date of death: 1994-01-27
Gender: male
Nationality: France (birth)
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Place of death: Lonay, Vaud, Switzerland
Places of residence: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Lonay, Vaud, Switzerland
Education: Institution Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, Neuilly-sur-Seine
St. John's College, Annapolis
Occupations: French Historian
Musicologist
Indologist
Relationships: Daniélou, Jean (brother)
Awards and honors: UNESCO/CIM (Music ∙ 1981)
Kathmandu Medal (1987)
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (1991)
Broquette-Gonin prize (1972)

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The Complete Kama Sutra by Alain Daniélou

Danielou is the foremost living interpreter of Hinduism. His books are remarkable for their clarity, scholarship, and uninhibited celebration of erotic and mystical ecstasy. This is a complete new translation of the Kama Sutra. It captures al of its enchantment, a world of refined sensation totally without humbug

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PendleHillLibrary | 4 other reviews | Jun 1, 2023 |

The Complete Kama Sutra : The First Unabridged… by Alain Daniélou

Interesting view into human sexuality and spirituality through the lens of the Hindu religion.

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Windyone1 | 4 other reviews | May 10, 2022 |

Shiva and the Primordial Tradition: From the… by Alain Daniélou

A very interesting study of the oldest Religious tent in the world. The author goes to say that Shaivism is even older than Hinduism. Hinduism being a puritanical version that resulted from a combination of Shaivism and Jainism. It shows how this has stood the test of time and survived virtually intact despite the attacks and depredations perpetrated on it by monotheism and how monotheism has led to the present state of conflict, war and perpetual enmity and its perennial obsession with the material plane.

The author hints at the writing on the wall and a time when all of humanity will be brought to notice as the current state of affairs is untenable and something as to give.… (more)

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danoomistmatiste | 2 other reviews | Jan 24, 2016 |

Shiva and the Primordial Tradition: From the… by Alain Daniélou

A very interesting study of the oldest Religious tent in the world. The author goes to say that Shaivism is even older than Hinduism. Hinduism being a puritanical version that resulted from a combination of Shaivism and Jainism. It shows how this has stood the test of time and survived virtually intact despite the attacks and depredations perpetrated on it by monotheism and how monotheism has led to the present state of conflict, war and perpetual enmity and its perennial obsession with the material plane.

The author hints at the writing on the wall and a time when all of humanity will be brought to notice as the current state of affairs is untenable and something as to give.… (more)

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kkhambadkone | 2 other reviews | Jan 17, 2016 |

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