O'Flaherty, Wendy Donige

The origins of evil in hindu mythology/ Wendy Donige O'Flaherty - Delhi : MBP, 1988. - xi,411p. ; 25cm.

I. INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
II. TIME, FATE, AND THE FALL OF MAN
III. THE NECESSITY OF EVIL
IV. GODS, DEMONS, AND MEN
V. THE PARADOX OF THE GOOD DEMON:
THE CLASH BETWEEN RELATIVE
AND ABSOLUTE ETHICS
VI. THE PARADOX OF THE EVIL GOD:
THE TRANSFER OF SIN
VII. THE CORRUPTION OF DEMONS AND MEN:
THE FALSE AVATAR
VIII. THE BIRTH OF DEATH
IX. CROWDS IN HEAVEN
X. GOD IS A HERETIC
XI. THE SPUT CHILD: GOOD AND EVIL WITHIN MAN
XII. CONCLUSION: THE MANY PATHS OF THEODICY

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Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

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