Originally published under the title Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva, this book traces the development of an Indian approach to an enduring human dilemma: the conflict between spiritual aspirations and human desires. The work examines hundreds of related myths and a widerange of Indian texts-Vedic, Puranic, classical, modern, and tribal-centering on the stories of the great ascetic, Siva, and his erotic alter ego, Kama. | Siva by Wendy Doniger O'flaherty, Paperback | Indigo Chapters