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The implied spider : politics and theology in myth
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ISBN: 9780231156424 9780231156417 0231156421 0231156413 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press,

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The origins of evil in Hindu mythology
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ISBN: 8120803868 Year: 1988 Publisher: Delhi Motilal Banarsidass

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' Somatic ' memories of R. Gordon Wasson
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Asceticism and eroticism in the mythology of Śiva
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ISBN: 0197135730 Year: 1973 Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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Against Dharma : Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics
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ISBN: 9780300216196 030021619X 0300235232 9780300235234 Year: 2018 Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,

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An esteemed scholar of Hinduism presents a groundbreaking interpretation of ancient Indian texts and their historic influence on subversive resistance Ancient Hindu texts speak of the three aims of human life: dharma,artha, and kama. Translated, these might be called religion, politics, and pleasure, and each is held to be an essential requirement of a full life. Balance among the three is a goal not always met, however, and dharma has historically taken precedence over the other two qualities in Hindu life. Here, historian of religions Wendy Doniger offers a spirited and close reading of ancient Indian writings, unpacking a long but unrecognized history of opposition against dharma. Doniger argues that scientific disciplines (shastras) have offered lively and continuous criticism of dharma, or religion, over many centuries. She chronicles the tradition of veiled subversion, uncovers connections to key moments of resistance and voices of dissent throughout Indian history, and offers insights into the Indian theocracy's subversion of science by religion today.


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Britannica encyclopedia of world religions
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ISBN: 1593392664 Year: 2006 Publisher: Chicago, IL : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.,

The woman who pretended to be who she was : myths of self-imitation
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ISBN: 1280560266 1423761634 0195347773 1602568359 9781423761631 0195160169 9780195160161 9781280560262 9781602568358 9780195313116 0195313119 9786610560264 6610560269 Year: 2005 Publisher: Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press,

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Offers a cross-cultural exploration of the theme of self-impersonation. The stories considered in this book range from ancient Indian literature through medieval European courtly literature and Shakespeare to Hollywood and Bollywood. They describe a human way of negotiating reality, illusion, identity, authenticity, memory, and more.


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Purāṇa perennis : reciprocity and transformation in Hindu and Jaina texts
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ISBN: 0585069212 9780585069210 1438401361 Year: 1993 Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,

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On Hinduism
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ISBN: 0199360073 0199360081 019936009X 0199377928 Year: 2014

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