Siva Myths in the Epics: The Ramayana of Valmiki and the Mahabharata of Vyasa, 9789392556258

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Siva Myths in the Epics: The Ramayana of Valmiki and the Mahabharata of Vyasa

Prashant Srivastava (Author)

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Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. The birth of Rudra-Siva and a brief history of the Saiva Sect in ancient India. 2. Siva the Rudra. 3. Theophanies of Siva. 4. Siva, the Varada. 5. Siva, the Pratigrahin. 6. Miscellaneous myths of Siva. Appendix: Satarudriya: the Visvarupa aspect of Siva. Select bibliography. Index. Plates.

The work deals with the Siva myths in the two great epics of India--the Ramayana of Valmiki and Mahabharata of Vyasa. Of the two epics, the Ramayana of Valmiki has the ‘Journey’ of Rama, the seventh avatara of Vishnu, as its theme; in the Mahabharata of Vyasa, Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, plays a pivotal role. Yet, in both the epics, with their obvious Vaishnava affiliations, the presence of Siva is felt.

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About the author

Prashant Srivastava

Dr. Prashant Srivastava (BA Hons., MA, Ph.D, D.Litt), is Reader in ancient Indian History and Archaeology, University of Lucknow. His publications include Joint coin-types of Ancient India (published by the Numismatic Society of India 1990), aspects of Ancient Indian Numismatics (1996), coins of ancient India (1998), two dozen research papers, and a like number of popular articles on ancient Indian history. He has also written The Story of Early Indian Coins (1999) for children, and contributed 10 chapters in Select Battles in Indian History (2003) edited by Professors K.K. Thaplyal and S.N. Misra.

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