Siva: The Erotic AsceticOriginally 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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Conceptually, I believe Lord Shiva brings out the best of any devout Hindu. The book is highly distasteful. Looks like someone's view of what something might look from far out. Had thought I would read for some basic research. Now, I am feeling really offended reading it and thereby discontinuing.
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Plenty of bullshit
Contents
XII | 27 |
XIII | 30 |
XIV | 33 |
XV | 36 |
XVI | 38 |
XVII | 40 |
XVIII | 42 |
XIX | 52 |
XX | 55 |
XXI | 57 |
XXII | 64 |
XXIII | 68 |
XXIV | 70 |
XXV | 74 |
XXVI | 76 |
XXVII | 78 |
XXVIII | 79 |
XXIX | 83 |
XXX | 84 |
XXXI | 85 |
XXXII | 87 |
XXXIII | 90 |
XXXIV | 93 |
XXXV | 98 |
XXXVI | 103 |
XXXVII | 107 |
XXXVIII | 108 |
XXXIX | 111 |
XL | 112 |
XLI | 114 |
XLII | 117 |
XLIII | 121 |
XLIV | 123 |
XLV | 130 |
XLVI | 136 |
XLVII | 138 |
XLVIII | 141 |
XLIX | 143 |
L | 145 |
LI | 148 |
LII | 151 |
LIII | 155 |
LIV | 158 |
LV | 162 |
LVI | 164 |
LVII | 166 |
LVIII | 169 |
LXVII | 193 |
LXVIII | 196 |
LXIX | 199 |
LXX | 201 |
LXXI | 210 |
LXXII | 213 |
LXXIII | 218 |
LXXIV | 221 |
LXXV | 224 |
LXXVI | 226 |
LXXVII | 233 |
LXXVIII | 236 |
LXXIX | 238 |
LXXX | 243 |
LXXXI | 245 |
LXXXII | 247 |
LXXXIII | 251 |
LXXXIV | 255 |
LXXXV | 256 |
LXXXVI | 258 |
LXXXVII | 259 |
LXXXVIII | 261 |
LXXXIX | 262 |
XC | 267 |
XCI | 271 |
XCII | 273 |
XCIII | 277 |
XCIV | 279 |
XCV | 282 |
XCVI | 283 |
XCVII | 286 |
XCVIII | 289 |
XCIX | 293 |
C | 296 |
CI | 302 |
CII | 310 |
CIII | 314 |
CIV | 319 |
CV | 321 |
CVI | 322 |
CVIII | 323 |
CIX | 326 |
CX | 330 |
CXI | 341 |
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Common terms and phrases
2iea 2oea Agastya Agni Andhaka androgyne anger apsaras ArundhatI ascetic asceticism ashes aspect Atharva Veda beautiful became become beget beheading birth body born Brahma Brahmana Brahmavaivarta Brahmin burning burnt Kama Calcutta castration chaste chastity cited created creation curse Cyavana Daksa daughter demon desire destroyed Devi Dharma Dharmasamhita Elwin episode erotic fire Ganges gods Haracarita Himalaya Hindu husband i6cd incest Indian Indra interruption iocd Jalandhara Kama Kama's killed king Krttikas linga lust Mahabharata marry Matsya Mohini motif multiform mythology Narada Padma Parvati passion performed tapas phallus Pine Forest myth Prajapati Purana Rama Rati Rg Veda role Rsyasrnga Rudra Saiva Sanskrit Satapatha Sati says seduce seed of Siva Seven Sages sexual Siva Siva and Parvati Siva appears Siva's Siva's seed Skanda Soma sons story Svaha symbolism Tantric TaravatI tejas theme third eye variant Vdmana Vedic Visnu wife wives woman women yoga yogi
Popular passages
Page 2 - The layered structure of myth to which I draw attention... allows us to look upon myth as a matrix of meanings which are arranged in lines or columns, but in which each level always refers to some other level, whichever way the myth is read. Similarly, each matrix of meanings refers to another matrix, each myth to other myths.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Siva: The Erotic Ascetic Galaxy Books |
| Author | Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0199727937, 9780199727933 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Hinduism / General |
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