Terror and Salvation: Remarks on Some Hindu Gods and Their Depictions
As well known, some major gods of Hinduism can have both peaceful and terrible manifestations, and some of them have essentially terrible traits. For the purposes of the present collection of essays, this paper will shortly discuss how terrible deities appear to have well-defined roles in helping th...
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| description | As well known, some major gods of Hinduism can have both peaceful and terrible manifestations, and some of them have essentially terrible traits. For the purposes of the present collection of essays, this paper will shortly discuss how terrible deities appear to have well-defined roles in helping their devotees to feel protected and to govern fear. In particular, the discussion will focus on Śiva dancing with the elephant hide, Viṣṇu-Narasiṃha and Kālī, taking as starting points some sculptural images and briefly presenting their meanings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03aedebf58a14beb8e1041c30616c59c2022-12-22T03:19:44ZengUniversity of BolognaGovernare la paura1974-49352014-07-017110.6092/issn.1974-4935/44284081Terror and Salvation: Remarks on Some Hindu Gods and Their DepictionsCinzia Pieruccini0Dipartimento di Studi letterari, filologici e linguistici dell’Università degli Studi di MilanoAs well known, some major gods of Hinduism can have both peaceful and terrible manifestations, and some of them have essentially terrible traits. For the purposes of the present collection of essays, this paper will shortly discuss how terrible deities appear to have well-defined roles in helping their devotees to feel protected and to govern fear. In particular, the discussion will focus on Śiva dancing with the elephant hide, Viṣṇu-Narasiṃha and Kālī, taking as starting points some sculptural images and briefly presenting their meanings.https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/4428hinduismśivanarasiṃhakālīhoysaḷa |
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| title | Terror and Salvation: Remarks on Some Hindu Gods and Their Depictions |
| title_full | Terror and Salvation: Remarks on Some Hindu Gods and Their Depictions |
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| title_short | Terror and Salvation: Remarks on Some Hindu Gods and Their Depictions |
| title_sort | terror and salvation remarks on some hindu gods and their depictions |
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