{"product_id":"the-goddess-and-the-sun-raj-balkaran-9781032400174","title":"The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth: Power, Preservation and Mirrored M\u0026#257;h\u0026#257;tmyas in the M\u0026#257;rka\u0026#7751;\u0026#7693;eya Pur\u0026#257;\u0026#7751;a","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, and those glorifying the Sun, Surya\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003efound in the \u003cem\u003eMarka  eya Pura a\u003c\/em\u003e, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the \u003ci\u003eMarka  eya Pura a\u003c\/i\u003e privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Marka  eya himself are paragons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the \u003ci\u003eMarka  eya Pura a\u003c\/i\u003e houses the \u003ci\u003eDevi Mahatmya \u003c\/i\u003eglorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, it also houses a \u003ci\u003eSurya Mahatmya\u003c\/i\u003e, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Surya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these \u003cem\u003emahatmyas\u003c\/em\u003e were meaningfully and purposefully positioned in the \u003ci\u003eMarka  eya Pura a\u003c\/i\u003e, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura-Sakta symbiosis found in these mirrored \u003cem\u003emahatmyas\u003c\/em\u003e. Moreover, the author explores what he calls the \"dharmic double helix\" of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between \u003cem\u003eprav tti \u003c\/em\u003e(worldly) and \u003cem\u003eniv tti\u003c\/em\u003e (other-worldy) \u003cem\u003edharmas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the first narrative study of the \u003ci\u003eSurya Mahatmya\u003c\/i\u003e, along with the first study of the \u003ci\u003eMarka  eya Pura a\u003c\/i\u003e (or any Pura a), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, Hindu Studies, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raj Balkaran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103240017X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032400174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Raj Balkaran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129310343423,"sku":"9781032400174","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70adef78-7855-42af-b1e1-8e19bfcb73b8.jpg?v=1687463186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-goddess-and-the-sun-raj-balkaran-9781032400174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}