The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth by Raj Balkaran - 9781032400174

Taylor & Francis

The Goddess and the Sun in Indian MythPower, Preservation and Mirrored M?h?tmyas in the M?rka??eya Pur??a\nAuthor(s): Raj Balkaran\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032400174, 978-1032400174\nSynopsis\nIn analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, and those glorifying the Sun, Surya, found in the Markaeya Puraa, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the Markaeya Puraa privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devi), the Sun (Surya), Manu and Markaeya himself are paragons.\n\nThis book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the Markaeya Puraa houses the Devi Mahatmya glorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durga, it also houses a Surya Mahatmya, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Surya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these mahatmyas were meaningfully and purposefully positioned .