[PDF] The Origins Of Evil In Hindu Mythology eBook

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 1980-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520040984

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Presenting a subject rarely studied, the author shows there is a history of ideas about evil in Hinduism.

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 13,79 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120803862

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This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when Megasthenes visited India very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of Megasthenes their reliability and the reliability of his reporters.

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594202056

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An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, The Hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. The Hindus brings a fascinating multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how brilliant and creative thinkers have kept Hinduism alive in ways that other scholars have not fully explored. In this unique and authoritative account, debates about Hindu traditions become platforms to consider history as a whole.

Author : Henry Romano
Publisher : DTTV PUBLICATIONS
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release :
Category : History
ISBN :

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It would be common to hear stories of the gods fighting demons (the machines). It would not be easy to establish and maintain order. Several gods reestablished order repeatedly after Indra defeated the serpent-dragon Vritra. He fought demons when he was young, but only as an incarnation, or avatar, such as a fish, a boar, Krishna, or Rama, not as the Supreme. There was a contest for supremacy with a sage-like Nârada - if not with another god or demon. The ascetic practice of tapas (giving up the pleasure of gaining power) was the currency of the gods.

Author : Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 30,15 MB
Release : 1981-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199727937

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Originally published under the title Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva, this book traces the development of an Indian approach to an enduring human dilemma: the conflict between spiritual aspirations and human desires. The work examines hundreds of related myths and a wide range of Indian texts--Vedic, Puranic, classical, modern, and tribal--centering on the stories of the great ascetic, Siva, and his erotic alter ego, Kama.

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 1990-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0226618471

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"A wider range than usual of Sanskrit texts: not only interesting Vedic, epic, and mythological texts but also a good sampling of ritual and ethical texts. . . . There are also extracts from texts usually neglected, such as medical treatises, works on practical politics, and guides to love and marriage. . . . Readings from the vernacular Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil traditions [serve to] enrich the collection and demonstrate how Hinduism flourished not just in Sanskrit but also in its many mother tongues."—Francis X. Clooney, Journal of Asian Studies