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The presence of Śiva / Stella Kramrisch ; photography by Praful C. Patel.

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  • Princeton ; Guildford : Princeton University press in cooperation with the Philadelphia Museum of Art c1981
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x,514p,32leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
  • 069103964X
  • 0691101159 (pbk., limited ed.)
  • 9780691039640
  • 9780691101156
Notes
  • Bibliography, p489-514. - Includes index.
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  • Illustrated
Language
  • English

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The presence of Śiva / Stella Kramrisch ; photography by Praful C. Patel.

Author
Published
  • Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ©1981
Physical description
1 online resource (x, 514 pages, 32 leaves of plates) : illustrations
ISBN
  • 9780691224220
  • 0691224226
  • 9780691039640
  • 069103964X
  • 9780691031309
  • 0691031304
  • 9780691101156
  • 0691101159
Notes
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-509 and index).
  • Print version record.
Contents
  • The primordial scene -- The archer -- Vāstoṣpati, the lord of the dwelling -- Manifestations and realizations of Rudra -- The birth of Rudra -- The refusal to procreate and the encounters with death -- Liṅga -- The androgyne god -- Bhairava -- The family of Śiva -- The demons -- The presence of Śiva -- Appendix: The great cave temple of Śiva on the island of Elephanta.
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  • Art
  • Bibliography
  • Illustrated
  • text
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  • English
  • This Ninth Edition of the standard work on Iran includes up-to-date statistics and current information on the country. It begins with an account of the history, arts, languages, and religions of Iran from 4000 B.C. to the present. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback edition.

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The Presence of Siva / S. Kramrisch.

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  • Kramrisch, S. [author] [aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut]
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  • Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press [2021]
Physical description
1 online resource (560 p.).
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  • 9780691224220
  • 0691224226
Notes
  • In English.
  • Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mrz 2021).
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  • specialized
Contents
  • Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- The Presence of Siva -- I. THE PRIMORDIAL SCENE -- II. THE ARCHER -- III. VASTOSPATI, THE LORD OF THE DWELLING -- IV. MANIFESTATIONS AND REALIZATIONS OF RUDRA -- V. THE BIRTH OF RUDRA -- VI. THE REFUSAL TO PROCREATE AND THE ENCOUNTERS WITH DEATH -- VII. LINGA -- VIII. THE ANDROGYNE GOD -- IX. BHAIRAVA -- X. THE FAMILY OF SIVA -- XL T H E DEMONS -- XII. THE PRESENCE OF SIVA -- APPENDIX. THE GREAT CAVE TEMPLE OF SIVA ON THE ISLAND OF ELEPHANTA -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Themes -- Plates
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  • text
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  • English
  • One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, The Rg Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns; Vedic myths, rituals, and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation on Siva--based on original Sanskrit texts, many translated here for the first time--Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology, and myths of Siva from the Vedas and the Puranas. Who is Siva? Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? From the dawn of creation, the Wild God, the Great Yogi, the sum of all opposites, has been guardian of the absolute. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that keep Siva alive in India today, Kramrisch reveals the paradoxes in Siva's nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself.

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