Siva; the erotic ascetic
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TextNY Oxford University Press 1981Description: xiv,386p.; ill.; appendices; glossary; bibliog.; bibliographic notes; indicesContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-19-520250-3
- 81-127
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1st pub. by Oxford UP for the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1973, under the title Asceticism and eroticism in the mythology of Siva.. 1st issued as an Oxford UP paperback, 1981, under the title Siva: the erotic ascetic.
1 Introduction: the interpretation of Hindu mythology. 2 Asceticism and eroticism in early Indiin mythology. 3 The Vedic antecedents of Siva. 4 Siva and Brahma: opposition and identity. 5 Siva and Kama. 6 Siva in the pine forest. 7 Siva as ascetic and householder. 8 The control and transformation of desire. 9 Cycles of asceticism and sexuality. 10 Conclusion: the pendulum of extremes. Appendices
'...applies a structuralist method to a corpus of mythology never before analyzed, or for the most part, translated fromt he 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.'
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