The gods of india : Hindu polytheism /
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| Uniform title: | Hindu polytheism |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First quality paperback edition. |
| Imprint: | New York : Inner Traditions International, 1985. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Philosophy
- 1. The theory of polytheism
- 2. The nature of the ultimate
- 3. The cosmic being
- Part 2. The gods of the Vedas
- 4. The cosmic sacrifice
- 5. The thirty-three gods
- 6. The spheres and their deities
- 7. The divinities of the sphere of space
- 8. The Adityas, the sovereign principles
- 9. Other vedic deities
- 10. Gods and Antigods
- Part 3. The trinity
- 11. Visnu, the pervader
- 12. The image of Visnu
- 13. The avatars, or incarnations, of Visnu
- 14. The minor incarnations of Visnu
- 15. Siva, the lord of sleep
- 16. The forms of Rudra-Siva
- 17. The image of Siva
- 18. The linga
- 19. Brahma, the immense being
- Part 4. The divine power (Sakti) as the goddess
- 20. Sakti, the all-pervading energy
- 21. The consorts of the three gods
- 22. The ten objects-of-transcendent-knowledge (maha-vidya)
- 23. Some other aspects of the goddess
- Part 5. Secondary gods
- 24. The sons of Siva
- 25. Minor gods and genii
- 26. Other deities
- Part 6. The representation and the worship of deities
- 27. The representation of deities
- 28. The thought-forms, or mantras
- 29. The yantras, or magic diagrams
- 30. The images (murti) of deities
- 31. The worship of deities
- 32. Ritual.