Origins of evil in Hindu mythology by Wendy Doniger O'flaherty.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: Berkeley : UCP, 1980.Description: 411 pISBN: - 978052040984
- 294.52 OFL/ORI
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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction: the problem of evil.
Chapter 2. Time, Fate, and the fall of man.
Chapter 3. The necessity of evil.
Chapter 4. Gods, Demons and Men.
Chapter 5. The Paradox of the good Demon: the clash between relative and absolute ethics.
Chapter 6. The paradox of the evil God: the transfer of sin.
Chapter 7. The corruption of Demons and Men: the false avatar.
Chapter 8. The birth of death.
Chapter 9. Crowds in Heaven.
Chapter 10. God is Heretic.
Chapter 11. The split child: good and evil within man.
Chapter 12. Conclusion: the many paths of Theodicy.