Faiths of Man
Title | Faiths of Man PDF eBook |
Author | James George Roche Forlong |
Publisher | |
Pages | 610 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
Gaṇeśapurāṇa
Title | Gaṇeśapurāṇa PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Bailey |
Publisher | Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) |
ISBN | 9783447054720 |
This book offers a translation of the seven thousand verses of the second book of the medieval Hindu text, the Ganesa Purana, one of two Puranas dedicated to the important elephant-headed god. In this book the reader is given many narratives about Ganesas ascent to earth in order to kill demonic figures who threaten to overthrow the correct world order. In addition, these narratives contain myths about Ganesa's birth and family as well as some extended and quite humorous myths about ideal devotees of the god.The translation is preceded by a long introduction offering a geographical and historical context for the GanesaPurana. Following the translation are very extensive notes which bring our points of philological interest, but focus mainly on the literary structure of the text and the methods used to present the many myths and narratives in a coherent and fully integrated manner.
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature
Title | A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature PDF eBook |
Author | John Dowson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136390294 |
This is Volume VIII in a series of ten on India: Religion and Philosophy. Originally published in 1879, work an endeavour has been made to supply the long-felt want of a Hindu Classical Dictionary. The main portion of this work consists of mythology, but religion is bound up with mythology, and in many points the two are quite inseparable.
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature
Title | A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature PDF eBook |
Author | John Dowson |
Publisher | London, Trübner |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1879 |
Genre | Hindu mythology |
ISBN |
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Title | Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics PDF eBook |
Author | James Hastings |
Publisher | |
Pages | 918 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Ethics |
ISBN |
Origin and Development of Ganesa in the Puranas
Title | Origin and Development of Ganesa in the Puranas PDF eBook |
Author | Mamata Das |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) |
ISBN |
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Title | Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics PDF eBook |
Author | James Hastings |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1828 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Ethics |
ISBN |