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Śiva, the erotic ascetic / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doniger, Wendy.
- Series:
- Galaxy Books, 650
- Galaxy Books; v.650
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu mythology.
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- Śiva.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 1981.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-972793-7
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