About this title: Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. Here in these seventy-five seminal myths are the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys. Immensely varied and bursting with colour and life, they demonstrate the Hindu belief in the limitless possibilities of the world - from the teeming miracles of creation to the origins of ...
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1975. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140443066ISBN:0140443061
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.358 with bibliographical notes and glossary and index of names. 75 seminal myths tales of Hindu Gods and demons express in vivid symbols the metaphysical insights of ancient Indian priests and poets. clean tight copy slight foxing to pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140443066ISBN:0140443061
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy., 300grams, ISBN: 0140443061. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140443066ISBN:0140443061
Description: Softcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy. pp., 300grams, ISBN: 0140443061. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140443066ISBN:0140443061
Description: Vg. 0140443061 These tales of Hindu Gods and demons express in vivid symbols the metaphysical insights of ancient Indian priests and poets. 357pp. read more
Description: Good. 0140443061 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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