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The Dance of Siva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India

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The Dance of Siva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India - Smith, David
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This is a full account of Siva's Dance of Bliss, which has become a popular symbol in the West for Hinduism and Eastern Mysticism. Siva is one of the two main gods of Hinduism, and his worshippers comprise half of all Hindus. Siva's Dance of Bliss is based on a remarkable Sanskrit poem written by Umapati Sivacarya, Saiva theologian and temple priest in Cidambaram, South India, in the fourteenth century. Starting with the bronze image of Nataraja, King of Dancers, thereafter the Cidambaram temple, its myth and its priests ...

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The Dance of Siva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India 2003, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521528658

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The Dance of Siva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India 1996, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521482349

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