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Hindu myths : a sourcebook

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (Penguin Classics)Harmondsworth, UK; Baltimore, MD Penguin c1975Edition: Reprinted 1984Description: 358p.; bibliog.; bibliog. notes; appendix; glossary; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0140443061
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL2001.2 .H56
Contents:
1 Prajapati and Brahma. 2 Indra. 3 Agni. 4 Rudra and Siva. 5 Visnu. 6 Devi, the goddess. 7 Gods and demons. Appendices
Abstract: 'These tales of Hindu gods and demons express in vivid symbols the metaphysical insights of ancient Indian priests and poets. This new selection and translation of seventy-five seminal myths spans the wide range of classical Indian sources....'
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Transl. from the Sanskrit with an intro. by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty.

1 Prajapati and Brahma. 2 Indra. 3 Agni. 4 Rudra and Siva. 5 Visnu. 6 Devi, the goddess. 7 Gods and demons. Appendices

'These tales of Hindu gods and demons express in vivid symbols the metaphysical insights of ancient Indian priests and poets. This new selection and translation of seventy-five seminal myths spans the wide range of classical Indian sources....'

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