Hindu Myths
a sourcebook translated from the sanskrit
$32.75
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2004
Summary
Tales from the Vedas: Unveiling Hindu Myths
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 wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449907 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449906 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Wendy Doniger |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2004 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Wendy Doniger
Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and the translator of numerous Sanskrit texts including the Laws of Manu, and Kamasutra. 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.
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