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082 _a294.513
_bOFL/T
100 _aO'Flaherty, Wendy Donige
245 4 _aThe origins of evil in hindu mythology/
_c Wendy Donige O'Flaherty
260 _aDelhi :
_bMBP,
_c1988.
300 _axi,411p. ;
_c25cm.
505 _aI. 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
650 _a Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
942 _cWB16