The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth: Power, Preservation and Mirrored Māhātmyas in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

by Raj Balkaran

Book Overview

In analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, and those glorifying the Sun, Surya, found in the Marka eya Pura a, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the Marka eya Pura a privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Marka eya himself are paragons.

This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103240017X
• ISBN13: 9781032400174
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"