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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821911003321

Autore

O'Flaherty Wendy Doniger

Titolo

Śiva, the erotic ascetic / / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1981

ISBN

0-19-972793-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 pages)

Collana

Galaxy Books; ; v.650

Disciplina

294.5211

294.52114

Soggetti

Hindu mythology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

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.