Siva: The Erotic Ascetic

Originally published under the title Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva, this book traces the development of an Indian approach to an enduring human dilemma: the conflict between spiritual aspirations and human desires. The work examines hundreds of related myths and a wide range of Indian texts — Vedic, Puranic, classical, modern, and tribal — centering on the stories of the great ascetic, Siva, and his erotic alter ego, Kama.

• Author
• Wendy Doniger

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 218

• Publisher
• Oxford University Press, USA

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780195202502

• Genres
• religion, hinduism, india, mythology, spirituality

• Release date
• 1981