Siva's Warriors The Basava Purana of Palkuriki Somanatha |
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| Translator:
| Rao, Velcheru Narayana
Roghair, Gene H. |
| Series title: | Princeton Library of Asian Translations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-63388-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $215.00 |
Book Description:
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Here is the first translation into English of the Basava Purana, a fascinating collection of tales that sums up and characterizes one of the most important and most radical religious groups of South India. The ideas of the Virasaivas, or militant Saivas, are represented in those tales by an intriguing mix of outrageous excess and traditional conser
Here is the first translation into English of the Basava Purana, a fascinating collection of tales that sums up and characterizes one of the most important and most radical religious groups of South India. The ideas of the Virasaivas, or militant Saivas, are represented in those tales by an intriguing mix of outrageous excess and traditional conser