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Hinduism has often puzzled Westerners and its plethora of Gods and Goddesses, intricate philosophies and an overpowering mythological contents. This work fulfils the long-felt demand for an all-inclusive lexicon of Hinduism. It contains both religion and mythology, which are so closely linked in the Hindu perspective. The book covers a large span of literature-from Rigveda to iconographical texts. Also it contains exhaustive translations of the Asvin hymns from ...
The Hindu Tantras were written after the Puranas, in the medieval period, and are usually set in the form of a dialogue between the God Shiva and his consort Parvati, in which he explains to her the philosophy and myths underlying the Tantric ritual. They emphasize the Goddess Shakti as the female power or energy of the God. This view taken to its extreme holds that Shiva with out Shakti is like a corpse. This is probably one such Encyclopaedia available on ...