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The present book is the result of ten years work on the subject of historical development of Indian mythology and its connection with parallel historical development of Indian mythology and its connection with parallel mythologies elsewhere, on which no satisfactory work exists in English. In the first part the Vedic-Brahmanical and epic-puranic components of Siva, Varuna, Yama, Nirrti, Agni, Kala, the mother goddess, Karttikeya, Ganapati, Kama and Pusan are treated. Part II studies the rise of Visnu. The component gods-the Vedic solar gods Savitr, Surya, Vivasvat, Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Amsa, Daksa, Martanda, Indra, and Visnu together with the epic-Puranic incarnations of Visnu (with their Vedic precursors) are analysed. With Brahman (Part III) the picture is different. In the Vedic-Brahmanical gods-Brhaspati, Brahmanaspati, Prajapati, Pitamaha and Brahman-we do not get a very tangibal figure, far less that of a sectarian god. These merge into the Brahman, Prajapati or Pitamaha of the epic-Puranic literature, but fail to answer to the definition of a sectarian god, so that no cult grows around the resultant image. In Part IV the general characteristics of the Puranic pantheon are analysed. Here, on the one hand, there are innumerable regional, functional divinities, tutelary gods and goddesses, village-or disease-gods, and also gods for different occasions in life, while on the other hand there is the lofty Triad, which thanks to the predominance of philosophy, is frequently stated to be three facets of the same supreme being.
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SUKUMARI BHATTACHARJI taught English Literature at Brabourne College and Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University. She has published monographs on many aspects of Hindu mythology and ancient India. She has also written a number of articles in Bengali on current political issues. She was recently awarded the prestigious Bankim Puroskar for literature. Sukumari Bhattacharji was the Vice President of the Asiatic Society. She lives in Calcutta.
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- PublisherMotilal Banarsidass
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 8120805887
- ISBN 13 9788120805880
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages412
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