"Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty . . . weaves a brilliant analysis of the complex role of dreams and dreaming in Indian religion, philosophy, literature...more details Format:Paperback Pages:382
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Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
ISBN:9780140443066
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...more details Format:paperback (B format) Pages:368
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:218
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Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
ISBN:9780140444025
The oldest Indian text (c 1500-1000 BCE) and the first extensive composition in any Indo-European tongue (an archaic form of Sanskrit) a collection of 1...more details Format:paperback (B format) Pages:352
"An important, provocative and original work, of great interest to Indian scholars, historians of religions, psychologists and historians of ideas...more details Format:Paperback Pages:400
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Aeschylus;Wendy O'Flaherty Wendy DDoniger
ISBN:9780226007724
"Streamlined in its storytelling and voluptuous in its use of language."--Hedy Weiss, "Chicago Sun-Times from a review of the Court Theater production]"...more details Format:Paperback Pages:257