God inside out : Śiva's Game of Dice / Don Handelman and David Shulman ; photographs by Carmel Berkson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handelman, Don, author.

Shulman, David Dean, 1949- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Dice games--India.

Dice games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Siva, a Hindu god, plays dice with his wife, to whom he habitually loses. The result of the game is our world, which turns the god inside-out and changes his internal composition. This book aims to show the logic implicit in this theology of play, fragmentation, divine self-knowledge and love.

Contents:

Contents; I: When Śiva Plays; II: The Andhaka Outcome; III: Melting and Marrying; IV: Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773933-4

1-280-56410-5

9786610564101

0-19-535528-8

OCLC:

476007593