Indra and other Vedic Deities : (Record no. 2397)
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| fixed length control field | 01131nam a2200337 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 8124600805 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788124600801 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5/2113 Um1 I |
| Item number | 102253 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Uma Chakravarty |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indra and other Vedic Deities : |
| Remainder of title | a euhemeristic study / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Uma Chakravarty ; with a foreword by R.N. Dandekar. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | D.K. Printworld |
| Date of publication | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 232 |
| Accompanying material | 23 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | In Deities, whether in anthropomorphic or symbolic forms, the Vedic sages conceived a transcendent principle, which is far too subtle, far too abstract for the ordinary minds to grasp. And likewise, they concretized as divinities the various forces of nature - recognizing the indispensability of rain and thunder, of the sun and fire for human survival. Alongside the material representations of the cosmic order or of nature and nature-related phenomena, mankind has also mythologized some of its exceptionally great personalities (like, for instance, the Buddha, Mahavira and Jesus), who were believed to incarnate superhuman qualities or the highest of human ideals - though these deities of our times were veritably the magnified men of real history. Dr. Uma Chakravarty's book investigates this phenomenon of euhemerism: the deification of historical personages, from among the divinities of Vedic writings. It is the first, all-exclusive study to look into the evolution of euthemeristic deities of the Vedic period and how these mortals-turned-gods came to have varying deific positions on the hierarchic scale of the Vedic pantheon. Meticulously describing Indra, the Rbhus, the Asvins and the Maruts - together with the connotations of their names and epithets - the author not only explores the rationale behind the age-old euhemerism, but even the historicity of the events leading to their mythologization. Supported by extensive bibliographic references, the book is a brilliant effort to demonstrate the complementarity of history and mythology, and is, thus, invaluable to the scholars of Indology and its kindred disciplines. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Indra (Hindu deity) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Gods, Vedic. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | General Stacks | 21/03/2018 | 440.00 | 294.5/2113 Um1 I 102253 | 102253 | 21/03/2018 | Books |