Lord Shiva In India & Abroad
Editor : B.B. Kumar
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publication
Publication Year : 2024
Price : 4500
About the Book
Lord Siva is the most captivating and enigmatic pan-Hindu delty. He is not just a part of the Hindu Trinity, which includes Brahma and Vishnu, but Is also revered as 'Mahadev', the Great Lord. He transcends the human understanding of the Divine. He is revered for his several dimensions such as beneficence and tenderness and at the same time, wrath. He is distinguished for his being omniscient Yogi living an ascetic life as well as an unparalleled householder. He is possessor of Trigunas, yet he transcends them. He himself is Trikal and also a Trikaldarshi. He transcends all times, all ages, all states, names, forms and cognition, and is known for being the Cosmic dancer:
He is the poetry of a poet as well as the most compelling subject of research cultural thinkers, historians and archaeo logists. His majesty extends throughout the globe and our imagination. 'Lord Siva in India and Abroad' is one such compilation of essays divided into four sections containing twenty outstanding chapters. The book is an earnest endeavour to comprehend the varied views, cultures, customs and researches that thinkers, writers, academics and scholars have extended around "Lord Siva" with utmost devotion.
About the Author
Braj Bihari Kumar, an educationist, eminent scholar and prolific writer was the Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and the Governing Body Member of the Science Council of Asia, Tokyo, Japan.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Foreword | |
| I. Lord Śiva in Indian Literature | |
| 1. | Śiva in Sanskrit Literature – RADHAVALLABH TRIPATHI |
| 2. | Visualisation of Śiva as Tejas with Reference to the Tantra Literature – NIBEDITA ROUT |
| 3. | Concept of Śiva in Vajrayāna Tradition of Budhism – G.K. LAMA |
| 4. | Purāṇa as Value-Narratives – KAPIL KAPOOR |
| 5. | Lord Śiva as Depicted by Kālidāsa – PANKAJ RAMESHWAR MISHRA |
| 6. | Kashmir Śaivism: Historical Roots and Philosophical Doctrines – S.S. TOSHKHANI |
| 7. | Tulasīdāsa’s Adoration of Lord Śiva – S.R. BHATT |
| 8. | Śaivism in Tamil Nadu – RAMCHANDRA NAGASWAMY |
| 9. | Antiquity of Śiva Worship – MAKKHAN LAL |
| II. Lord Śiva Abroad | |
| 10. | Śiva: The Pivot of Consciousness – PARMOD KUMAR MEHRA |
| 11. | The Presence of Śiva in Thailand – WILLARD G. VAN DE BOGART |
| 12. | Lord Śiva Beyond the Political India – B.B. KUMAR |
| 13. | Śaivism in the Efflorescence of the Golden Isles of Indonesia – LOKESH CHANDRA |
| 14 | The Śiva Image in Campā Iconography – PHAN ANH TU |
| 15 | Śaivism in Ancient Cambodia – BACHCHAN KUMAR |
| 16 | Lord Śiva Across the Northern Lands – NIRMALA SHARMA |
| III. Śiva Pilgrimage | |
| 17 | Śiva in South East Asia: with a Special Reference to Cambodian Sanskrit Inscriptions and Temple – C. UPENDRA RAO |
| 18 | Pilgrimage to Mount Kailāśā: The Abode of Lord Śiva – K.T.S. SARAO |
| IV. Miscellaneous | |
| 19 | Worship of Lord Śiva Among the Bodos – BHUPEN NARZAREE |
| 20 | Śiva Jharkhandī Bābā: A Socio-Religious Analysis – NARESH KUMAR AMBASTHA |
| About The Contributors | |