Siva : the Erotic Ascetic.
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
1981.
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| Series: | Galaxy Books, 650.
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| Item Description: | 2. The Transference of the Sages' Powers to Śiva: The Pāśupata Cult. 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780199727933 0199727937 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |