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CONTENTS: Ascetism and eroticism in early indian mythology, the vedic antecedents of siva, siva and brahma : opposition and identity, siva and kama, sakit in the upapuranas, the tantric sakti-cult ritualistic aspect of the puranic sakti-cult. THEMES COVERED : Erotic powers of the ascetic, rejuvenation of the ascetic, sexual pleasures, two forms of immortality, householder and ascetic in society indra as phallic god of fertility, the seven sages and their wives, siva and parvati as the parents of skands, the golden seed of fire, birth of skanda and birth of the maruts, sakta upa-puranas, sarvarupa devi, devi vratas, devi puja, durga-puja, pasubali, human sacrifice devotees of sakti in the puranas, January 2000, pp 7+330, bibliography, size 22 14 cm, Hard Bound, ISBN 8107020-998-6
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