Yama-The Glorious Lord of the Other World-Kusum Pradeep Merh-9788124600665
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| In the Hindu
pantheon, Yama holds a unique place. A counterpart, in the indigenous
tradition, of Avestan Yima, Egyptian Osiris or Greek Pluto, he inspires
terror in the heart of an average mortal : not only owing to his overlordship
of the abode of the dead, but also for his identification with death itself.
Yama’s image in Hindu mythology, however, has come to have full many variants
— which Dr. Merh’s study tries to capture against their essential literary
settings. Based on the prodigious mass of India’s old-world scriptural
literature — the Vedas, Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads,
besides the puranic texts, the book meticulously explores all possible traits
of Yama’s personality, highlighting how the mythical view of this glorious,
other-world god passes through a striking change over the millennia between
the Rigveda and the later Puranas. Unfolding the deity’s ‘Vedic’ and
‘Puranic’ descriptions — respectively in part 1 and part 2 of the book, the
author focusses specially on Yama, the creator, preacher, the philosopher,
the law-giver, the punisher and above all, on his role as an eschatologist.
Invaluable to the scholars of Indology, Hindu mythology and comparative
religion. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124600665
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
2005 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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