Shiva's Own Story
Title | Shiva's Own Story PDF eBook |
Author | K. Chandra Sekhar |
Publisher | Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency |
Pages | 803 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1609764250 |
The 'Brihakatha', or Lord Shiva's narrative to his wife Parvati, is featured in Gunadhya's epic composition 'Katha Sarita Sagara' in Sanskrit. Somadeva's adaptation retains the storyline, with Lord Shiva substituting for Lord Kubera, the God of Wealth. C H Tawney, blending pure Hindu mythology with Buddhist and tantric beliefs, translated the story into English as The Ocean of a Story, which runs 12 volumes and includes footnotes. Shiva's Own Story is a condensed version of Tawney's work. The setting of the stories is India in the 10th and 11th centuries, when the country was composed of many small kingdoms and fiefdoms. There was no dearth of monarchs with dynastic ambitions. The king was usually advised by an intelligent and devoted Brahman minister. The heir apparent, the crown prince, had a circle of friends, mostly sons of the king's ministers, who became part of the cabinet when the prince became king. Intrigue was rife and matrimonial alliances were often a strategy to expand the kingdom. In a country where illiteracy is still formidable, storytelling is a means of promoting and propagating religious and moral culture.
Shivaji and His Times
Title | Shivaji and His Times PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Jadunath Sarkar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | India |
ISBN |
The Modern Review
Title | The Modern Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 708 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Electronic journals |
ISBN |
THE SAGA OF NARAVAHANADATTA
Title | THE SAGA OF NARAVAHANADATTA PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. K.C. Sekhar |
Publisher | Notion Press |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2019-08-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1645467651 |
The setting of the stories is India in the 10th and 11th centuries, when the country was made of many small kingdoms and fiefdoms. There was a profusion of monarchs with dynastic ambitions and a desire for territorial aggrandisement. The king was usually advised by an intelligent and devoted Brahman minister. The heir apparent, the crown prince, had a circle of friends, mostly sons of the king’s ministers, who would be incorporated into the cabinet when the prince would become king. Dynastic intrigue was rife, and matrimonial alliances were often a strategy to expand the kingdom, together with befriending tribal communities to win their support. The kings were invariably polygamous and maintained large harems. The Brihatkatha, or Lord Shiva’s narrative to his wife Parvati, is presumed to confer the power of the celestial Vidyadharas to its readers, ridding them of all their sins and assuring them a place in heaven. The roller-coaster variety of telescoped stories form a complex garland from one narrative to another, with the possibility of losing touch with the main thread. Each story is gripping, quaint, and carries a moral or a message for the reader, who may, instead of reading the book from cover to cover, read the chapters randomly. The book is a treasure chest, a work of art, with its own secret internal geometry as well as myriad fascinating and often amusing stories.
All India Reporter
Title | All India Reporter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1392 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Siva Purana: Rudra Samhitha: 1 Srishti Khanda: English Translation only without Slokas
Title | Siva Purana: Rudra Samhitha: 1 Srishti Khanda: English Translation only without Slokas PDF eBook |
Author | Kausiki Books |
Publisher | Kausiki Books |
Pages | 151 |
Release | 2021-10-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
The Indian Law Reports
Title | The Indian Law Reports PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1032 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |