TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pattanaik, Devdutt
TI  - 7 secrets of shiva: from the hindu trinity series
SN  - 9789395073080
U1  - 294.5 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chennai
PB  - WESTLAND
KW  - RELIGION Hinduism History; Siva Hindu deity; Siva God
N2  - Shiva, ʻthe destroyer among the Hindu Trinity (of gods), is depicted in many contradictory manners. He is an ascetic who wears animal skin, his body smeared with ashes. Contradictory to his wild nature, he is also depicted as having a family, with a beautiful wife and two children. There are many more such varied representations of Shiva, the most prominent of these being the Linga and theNataraja. The author, Devdutt Patnaik, introduces the readers to these varied aspects and representations and then sets about interpreting them. He explains the different anomalies and conflicts in beliefs, as well as the symbolism, rituals and reasons behind Hindu worship
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