Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless - Hardcover

Pattanaik, Devdutt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9352641957 ISBN 13: 9789352641956

Verlag: Fourth Estate, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

We live in times where people have extreme views. On the one hand, there are scholars who describe Shiva's linga literally as a phallus, and see all metaphoric meaning as embarrassed apology of the uneducated. On the other hand, we have puritanical Hindus who want to strip the Shiva linga of all sexual meaning and sanitize Shiva's lore. In both cases, a symbol is being reduced to a sign.

In Shiva to Shankara, Devdutt Pattanaik, India's leading mythologist, seeks to bridge the gap. As he explores the layers of meanings embedded in Shiva's linga, we discover why and how the Goddess transforms Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder.

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Devdutt Pattanaik writes, illustrates and lectures on the relevance of mythology in modern times. He has, since 1996, written over thirty books and 700 columns on how stories, symbols and rituals construct the subjective truth (myths) of ancient and modern cultures around the world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Fourth Estate
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9352641957
• ISBN 13: 9789352641956
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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