Author : Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Release : 1981-05-28
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 937/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Siva by : Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Download or read book Siva written by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty. This book was released on 1981-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.