Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism by Alf Hiltebeitel

Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees: Essays on the Guardians of Popular Hinduism

Alf Hiltebeitel

503 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

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The Hindu sacred order is guarded by the very gods who violate it and the demons who oppose it. This book is a who's who of such transgressive figures, both familiar and unfamiliar, showing their place within the Hindu order that they violate. It ...

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