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...Dennis Hudson Tamil Temple Myths: Sacrifice and Divine Marriage in the South Indian Śaiva Tradition . By David Dean Shulman . Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press , 1980 . xvi, 471 pp. Bibliography, Index of Motifs, Index of Place Names and Local Deity Names. $30. Copyright ©...

...George L. Hart, III Love of God According to Saiva Siddhanta: A Study in the Mysticism and Theology of Saivism . By Mariasusai Dhavamony . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1971 . xvi, 402 pp. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. £4.20. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies...

... study of the cult of Siva has appeared. Even taking into account these titles, no work of any magnitude that specifically undertakes the study of Saiva mythology and symbolism has been published. The explanation for this lack of sustained interest among western Indologists in the study of Siva...

...Karen Pechilis Prentiss Śaiva Siddhānta: An Indian School of Mystical Thought . By H. W. Schomerus . Translated from German by Mary Law, edited by Humphrey Palmer . Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass , 1979 [First English Edition, 2000]. xv, 410 pp. Rs. 595. Copyright © The Association...

..., then, did the peoples who are now called “Hindus” identify themselves in preceding eras? In Hindu Pluralism , Elaine M. Fisher closely examines the works of South Indian Smārta Śaiva Brahmins from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century to better understand how they articulated the boundaries of their own...

...Edward D. Churchill The Political Awakening in India . Edited by John R. McLane . Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, Inc. , 1970 . vii, 182 pp. Bibliography. $5.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 212 Dhavamony writes, "Nearly all of the Saiva gods...

...: Princeton University Press, 1992. xvi, 200 pp. $35.00. In the West, the most readily available works on the Saiva Siddhanta school have been V. A. Devasenapathy's Of Human Bondage and Divine Grace (Cidambaram: Annamalai University, 1963) and Mariasusai Dhavamony's Love of God According to Saiva Siddhanta...

... long been recognized that the roots of important aspects of bhakti devotional religion may be found in the early Saiva and Vaisnava bhakti movements and sects in the Tamil region, it is only recently that scholars have paid serious attention to the individuality and diversity of the key figures...

.... Lawrence finds commonality between the Śaiva quest of perfect I-hood and Heinz Kohut's conception of cosmic narcissism (pp. 48–52). According to Kohut, cosmic narcissism is a psychological state of “nongrandiose identification with the universe and all its beings integrally and genetically linked...

...: Worshiping Siva in Medieval India. By RICHARD H . DAVIS. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. xvi, 200 pp. $35.00. In the West, the most readily available works on the Saiva Siddhanta school have been V. A. Devasenapathy's Of Human Bondage and Divine Grace (Cidambaram: Annamalai University, 1963...

...; Smith places a Sanskrit text, the Kuncitdnghristava ("The Hymn of Praise to [Nataraja's] Curved Foot") written ca. A.D. 1300 by the prolific Saiva Siddhanta philosopher, Umapati Civacaryar, as the cornerstone for his analysis. Younger self-consciously uses the warm language of'story' in presenting his...

... "being a good bhakta includes being a good Tamil citizen" (p. 74; cf. chapter Apassim). BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 1081 Several centuries after the Tamil Saiva bhakti poets flourished, the Chola dynasty patronized an emerging temple cult whose ritual norms were derived from the Sanskritic pan-Indian...

... and of the problems of stating succinctly the essential points in the developments of a tradition, as, for example, his compressed statement about Saiva-siddhanta (pp. 1 7 1 77) or Ramanuja's Vaisnava Vedanta (pp. 103-9). A comparable task for an historian of Christian theology would be a summary of Martin Luther's...

... Kumarasambhava oder die Geburt des Kriegsgottes." LUDO ROCHER University of Pennsylvania Love of God According to Saiva Siddhanta: A Study in the Mysticism and Theology of Saivism. By MARIASUSAI DHAVAMONY. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. xvi, 402 pp. Appendices, Bibliography, Index. ^4.20. In this book...

... after the Tamil Saiva bhakti poets flourished, the Chola dynasty patronized an emerging temple cult whose ritual norms were derived from the Sanskritic pan-Indian philosophical tradition of Saiva Siddhanta. Also under Chola patronage, continuing a process already begun in late Pallava times, the poets...

... with introduction, notes, and exposition by M A R K S. G. DYCZKOWSKI. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992. xix, 427 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). This is the last and most impressive work of a trilogy from Mark S. G. Dyczkowski on the texts, doctrines, and histories of Kashmiri Saiva traditions...

... deity of the Deccan, Veṅkaṭeś of Tirupati, both of whom he traces back to a single pastoralist god, Viṭṭhal-Bīrappā (pp. 56, 238). However, he cites strong evidence that Veṅkaṭeś had a Śaiva identity before he became Vaiṣṇavized. Dhere notes that the original icon of Veṅkaṭeś has Śaiva attributes...

... STUDIES three fundamental, eternal realities: God (pad), soul (uyir) and ignorance {aavamala). The basic problem of human life, according to Tamil Saiva Siddhanta, is that the soul is cloaked in ignorance, which occludes recognition that the soul is of the same essence as God. The goal of human life...

... In the second through fifth chapters, Davis turns attention to the particulars of Saiva daily worship and explores the detailed purification {dtmdsuddhi), invocation (dvdhana), imposition (nydsa), and service (upacdra) involved in the worship of the Lord. Insightfully, he does not limit souls to pursuit...

... REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 631 relates the descriptions of sacred persons, cult, and iconography to mythological and philosophical material. For example, in his discussion of Saivism in South India it would be helpful to know whether the hymns of the saints contributed in any way to the formulation of Saiva...