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Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar by Elizabeth U Harding Publisher Comments "Never before in print have I seen Her brought to life with such passion and truth. Harding brings Mother Kali to everyone who sees her path".... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit (Penguin Classics) by Wendy Doniger Publisher Comments Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. Here in these seventy-five seminal myths are the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Penguin Epics #05: The Abduction of Sita by R K Narayan Publisher Comments Ravana, the Supreme Lord, has enslaved all the gods.JAlthough he now rules the world, he cannot resist a beautiful woman.JWhen he catches a glimpse of the princess Sita, he falls under her spell and steals her away.JHer beloved husband, Rama, will do... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bollingen Series #0006: Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization by Heinrich Zimmer Publisher Comments "In viewing India's art and civilization, the late Dr. Heinrich Zimmer, a man of penetrating intellect, the keenest esthetic sensibility and a predilection for psychoanalytic methods, found unlimited material for employing all three qualities. . . . The... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pancatantra: The Book of India's Folk Wisdom (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle Publisher Comments The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other work of Indian literature has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend by Anna Dallapiccola Publisher Comments The maps and entries on the principal cities and places of pilgrimage in India contained in this volume, as well as the concise chronology and list of principal dynasties, allow the reader to gain a clear overview of the geography, history, languages and... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Ananda Coomaraswamy Synopsis Great stories of the epics; deeds of Krishna, Shiva, taken from puranas, Vedas, folk tales, more. 32 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Climbing Chamundi Hill: 1001 Steps with a Storyteller and a Reluctant Pilgrim by Ariel Glucklich Publisher Comments An American traveler in India chances upon an old storyteller, who joins him on his pilgrimage to the top of a holy hill and along the way shares the authentic flavor of India through stories of courtesans and kings, holy men and thieves, talking animals,... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists by Sister Nivedita Publisher Comments Great stories of the epics; deeds of Krishna, Shiva, taken from puranas, Vedas, folk tales, more. 32 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $14.16 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales by Kirin Narayan Publisher Comments Oral tales establish relationships between storytellers and their listeners. Yet most printed collections of folktales contain only stories, stripped of the human contexts in which they are told. If storytellers are mentioned at all, they are rarely... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship by Lindsey Harlan Publisher Comments The Rajputs ruled the vast majority of the kingdoms that were joined together after Indian independence to form the state of Rajasthan, "Land of Kings." An important part of Rajput religion is the worship of "heroes" who have died in battle. This... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $46.25 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship by Lindsey Harlan Publisher Comments This book examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-Two Languages (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) by A K Ramanujan Publisher Comments Folktales from India is an enchanting collection of one hundred and ten tales translated from twenty-two different languages, by turns harrowing and comic, sardonic and allegorical, mysterious and romantic. Gods disguised as beggars and beasts; animals... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth by Robert E Svoboda Publisher Comments The telling of mythic stories has always been a powerful form of therapy, bringing healing to people facing adversity. The greatness of Saturn is such a therapeutic myth, told and retold through many centuries. Taken from the East Indian Vedic tradition,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales of Ancient India by J A B Van Buitenen Publisher Comments "This admirably produced and well-translated volume of stories from the Sanskrit takes the Western reader into one of the Golden Ages of India. . . . The world in which the tales are set is one which placed a premium upon slickness and guile as aids to... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sword & the Flute-Kali & Krsna: Dark Visions of the Terrible & the Sublime in Hindu Mythology by David R Kinsley Publisher Comments Krsna and Kali are two of Hinduism's most popular deities, representing dramatically different truths about the nature of the sacred. The cruel and terrible Kali is thought to be born of wild, aboriginal roots. She is the goddess of thieves and often... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Incarnation of the Snow by F W Bain Publisher Comments An Incarnation of the Snow reminds us of the consort of Lord Shiwa - Uma or Parvati - snowy Himalayas daughter. Herein is a deep understanding of the true politics of gender in which the union of the opposites creates a state of bliss without which the... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Descent of the Sun by F W Bain Publisher Comments The Descent of the Sun is a fairy tale that F. W. Bain found in an old Hindu manuscript. In it we can enjoy amazing scenery of a fascinating yarn, while at the same time stopping to consider the nature of existence -- the purpose of incarnation... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Eternal Cycle: Indian Myth by Charles Phillips Publisher Comments A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tales of Uncle Tompa: The Legendary Rascal of Tibet by Rinjing Dorje Publisher Comments The Western world has become familiar with Tibet through the Buddhist teachings of emigre Lamas. With these tales about an outrageous popular "trickster", Uncle Tompa, we are introduced to another side of Tibet: a bawdy world of humor, and the, rough and... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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