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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



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION, pg. xvii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*SUMMARY OF THE TEXT, pg. 32*CHAPTER I, pg. 41*CHAPTER II, pg. 64*CHAPTER III, pg. 89*CHAPTER IV, pg. 130*CHAPTER V, pg. 171*CHAPTER VI, pg. 196*CHAPTER VII, pg. 231*NOTES, pg. 267*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 309*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 313

Sivas Warriors

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691604879
      978-0691604879
      ISBN-10 0691604878
      Also in:
      Hinduism

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION, pg. xvii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*SUMMARY OF THE TEXT, pg. 32*CHAPTER I, pg. 41*CHAPTER II, pg. 64*CHAPTER III, pg. 89*CHAPTER IV, pg. 130*CHAPTER V, pg. 171*CHAPTER VI, pg. 196*CHAPTER VII, pg. 231*NOTES, pg. 267*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 309*INDEX OF NAMES, pg. 313

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