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SHIVA'S ANGER AT DAKSHA THE GODS ONCE ASSEMBLED for a thousand-
year sacrifice. When Daksha, leader ot the brahmins, arrived everyone stood to
receive him except Shiva, who was deep in meditation. Although Shiva was ...
SHIVA'S ANGER AT DAKSHA THE GODS ONCE ASSEMBLED for a thousand-
year sacrifice. When Daksha, leader ot the brahmins, arrived everyone stood to
receive him except Shiva, who was deep in meditation. Although Shiva was ...
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When Shiva heard of this terrible event he laughed in demented rage and began
his dance of cosmic destruction. Plucking a hair from his head he dashed it to the
ground. From it a great demon sprang up, high as the sky and bright as three ...
When Shiva heard of this terrible event he laughed in demented rage and began
his dance of cosmic destruction. Plucking a hair from his head he dashed it to the
ground. From it a great demon sprang up, high as the sky and bright as three ...
Page 155
:-^lbL A A young woman gives offerings in worship of Shiva. his drum called
damaru, to draw the curtain on the universal act. With his hair scattered he
subdues the lords of all planets with his trident. He generates the fire of eternal
time, which ...
:-^lbL A A young woman gives offerings in worship of Shiva. his drum called
damaru, to draw the curtain on the universal act. With his hair scattered he
subdues the lords of all planets with his trident. He generates the fire of eternal
time, which ...
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India and Australia 229 | 141 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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