Hindu Myths
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty(Editor)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 24. April 1975
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-14-044306-6 (ISBN)
Description
Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. Here in these seventy-five seminal myths are the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys. Immensely varied and bursting with colour and life, they demonstrate the Hindu belief in the limitless possibilities of the world - from the teeming miracles of creation to the origins of the incarnation of Death who eventually touches them all.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
243 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-044306-6 (9780140443066)
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Wendy Doniger holds doctoral degrees in Indian literature from Harvard and Oxford Universities and is the Mircea Eliade Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. Her publications include The Rig Veda and The Laws of Manu for the Penguin Classics, and the acclaimed Kama Sutra for OUP.