Siva. The Erotic Ascetic
By: O'FLAHERTY, Wendy Doniger
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1981Description: xiv., 386 p., l6 ills. (h.-t.)9 table 21 cmSubject(s): Siva -- Hindu deity) | Hindu mythology | ShivaLOC classification: BL 1218 .O34 S59 1981
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Highly acclaimed upon its original publication in 1973 under the title Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva, this book applies a structuralist method to a corpus of mythology never before analyzed, or for the most part, translated from the Sanskrit. The author traces the development of an Indian approach to an enduring human dilemma: the conflict between spiritual aspirations and human desires. The work treats hundreds of related myths and examines a wide range of Indian texts (Vedic, Puranic, classical, modern, and tribal), centering upon the stories of the great ascetic, Siva, and his erotic alter ego, Kama"--Back cover.
Includes index and Bibliographiy: 326-374
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