01814nam 22004813 450 991079775760332120230404233532.00-19-972793-7(CKB)3710000000506616(EBL)431167(SSID)ssj0001569505(PQKBManifestationID)16218903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001569505(PQKBWorkID)13873653(PQKB)10825187(MiAaPQ)EBC431167(EXLCZ)99371000000050661620151123d1981|||| uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierŚiva, the erotic ascetic /Wendy Doniger O'FlahertyNew York Oxford University Press, USA19811 online resource (409 pages)Galaxy Books;v.650Description based upon print version of record.0-19-520250-3 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.Galaxy Books,650Hindu mythologyHindu mythology294.5211294.52114O'Flaherty Wendy Doniger640117AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910797757603321Śiva, the erotic ascetic3852104UNINA