The Presence of Śiva

CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
1. RAUDRA BRAHMAN......Page 16
2. THE LORD OF ANIMALS......Page 19
3· THE LORD OF YOGA......Page 23
4. RUDRA, THE FIRE......Page 28
5. THE AVENGER......Page 32
1. THE ARCHER KRSANU......Page 40
2. ŚARVA, THE ARCHER......Page 45
3. RUDRA, THE HEALER......Page 49
a. The Hunter of the Antelope......Page 53
b. The Hound of Heaven......Page 56
III. VĀSTOSPATI, THE LORD OF THE DWELLING......Page 64
1 . THE REMAINDER AT THE SITE OF THE LAKE OF SPERM......Page 65
a. The First Gift......Page 67
b. Abasement and Recognition of Rudra......Page 71
3· RESIDENCE AND RESIDUE......Page 78
4. THE POTENCY OF THE RESIDUE......Page 79
5· THE ARCHITECT\'S MYTH OF VĀSTUPA......Page 81
1. ŚATARUDRIYA : THE HUNDRED FORMS AND THE HOST OF RUDRAS......Page 84
2. THE GOD OF DARKNESS......Page 92
a. The Drink with Keśin, the Ascetic......Page 97
b. Rudra Enters Aśvatthāman, the Warrior......Page 98
c. The Transfiguraton of a Vrātya......Page 101
i . The Bow of Rudra......Page 104
ii. The Drive into the Cosmos......Page 106
iii. The Transcending Monument of Ekavrātya......Page 108
a. The Ancient Names......Page 111
b. The Golden Bowl and the Wrath of Prajāpati......Page 113
c. The Memory of the Initial Evil......Page 117
d. The Investiture with the Cosmos......Page 121
a. Preparations for Rudras\' Birth......Page 124
b. Rudra Issues from the Head of Brahmā......Page 127
1 . STHĀNU, THE PILLAR......Page 130
2. THE CREATION OF DEATH AND THE CYCLES OF TIME......Page 135
3. RUDRA PLUNGES INTO THE WATERS AND CASTRATES HIMSELF......Page 140
a. Uśanas / Śukra, the Seed and Planet......Page 146
b. The Origin of the Knowledge of Reviving the Dead......Page 152
c. Kāvya Uśanas and the Fallen Titans......Page 155
5. THE SWALLOWING OF THE WORLD POISON......Page 158
1. THE FALLING OF THE Linga IN THE DEODAR FOREST......Page 166
2. TRANSFIGURATION OF THE Linga: THE PILLAR OF FLAMES......Page 171
3 · THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE Linga ON EARTH......Page 173
4 · THE MEANING OF THE Linga......Page 175
5 · THE Linga AND THE FACE OF ŚIVA......Page 191
6. Linga, Mantra, TIME, AND ETERNITY......Page 202
I . PROLEGOMENA TO THE CREATION OF THE GREAT GODDESS......Page 210
2. THE DIVIDED GOD......Page 212
3 . THE GENEALOGY OF DESIRE......Page 220
4· THE BIRTH OF SATĪ......Page 233
5. CREATION OF WOMAN , SEX , AND SENSUAL FULFILLMENT......Page 240
6. Yoni AND Linga......Page 254
1. ONE, FOUR, FIVE HEADS OF THE CREATOR......Page 263
2. THE SEVERED HEAD: THE CAUSE OF ITS FALL......Page 272
3· TIME , DEATH, AND TIMELESSNESS : KALA AND MAHAKALA......Page 278
4. ŚIVA’S DANCE FOR RSI MANKANAKA......Page 291
5. THE BREAKTHROUGH FROM TIME TO ETERNITY......Page 294
6. THE WANDERINGS OF BHAIRAVA AS THE SUPREME BEGGAR......Page 300
a. The Spring of Love......Page 314
b. Satī’s Frailty......Page 323
c. Renewed Humiliation of Śiva......Page 328
d. The Agony of Śiva and Yaksa Pāncālika......Page 332
a. Destruction of the Sacrifice......Page 335
b. The Lord of Animals and the Pāśupata Vow......Page 343
c. Th e City Called Bhogya......Page 346
d. The Antelope......Page 349
1. LORD MOUNTAIN AND HIS DAUGHTERS......Page 353
a. The Goddess Night......Page 362
b. The Burning of Kāma......Page 364
c. Seduction of Śiva and His Marriage......Page 366
i. Ganeśa; the Sapling of the Aśoka Tree; Vīraka......Page 376
ii. Birth of Kārttikeya......Page 378
iii. The Blind Demon King......Page 387
a. Ādi......Page 397
b. Pārvatī’s Ballgame......Page 400
c. Jalandhara......Page 401
2. ŚIVA’S DEMON......Page 407
a. The Domicile in the Netherworld......Page 412
b. The Destruction of the Triple City of the Demons......Page 418
i. The Bull, Visnu, and Śiva......Page 421
ii. The Child on Pārvatī’s Lap......Page 423
iii. Tripura in the Microcosm......Page 424
iv. The Drama in the Sky......Page 425
v. Siva\'s Animals......Page 431
1 . CONSPECTUS......Page 435
2. VISNU AND ŚIVA......Page 448
3. ŚIVA’S DANCE......Page 452
APPENDIX. THE GREAT CAVE TEMPLE OF ŚIVA ON THE ISLAND OF ELEPHANTA......Page 456
GLOSSARY......Page 482
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 500
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 502
INDEX OF THEMES......Page 524
PLATES......Page 528