Description: Title: Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India Author: Calasso, Roberto Publisher: Vintage Binding: Paperback Pages: 464 Dimensions: 7.94h x 5.32w x 0.90d Product Weight: 0.93 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780679775478 In "the very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written" (The New Republic) Calasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. He begins with a mystery: Why is the most important god in the Rg Veda, the oldest of India's sacred texts, known by a secret name--"Ka," or Who? What ensues is not an explanation, but an unveiling. Here are the stories of the creation of mind and matter; of the origin of Death, of the first sexual union and the first parricide. We learn why Siva must carry his father's skull, why snakes have forked tongues, and why, as part of a certain sacrifice, the king's wife must copulate with a dead horse. A tour de force of scholarship and seduction, Ka is irresistible. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Ka : Stories of the Mind and Gods of India
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Folklore & Mythology, Hinduism / General, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 1999
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Author: Roberto Calasso
Item Length: 8 in
Book Series: Vintage International Ser.
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
