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- catalog abstract "In this pertinent and valuable study O'Flaherty answers the crucial questions such as, what solutions did the Hindus offer to the problems of evil? How did these arise and develop historically? And, how if at all can these various solutions be subsumed under a unified world view? The problem of evil, in particular the question of theodicy, has long been overlooked or misunderstood by Indologists, who have maintained that there is no problem of evil in Indian thought, or that it was "solved" by the doctrine of transmigration and karma. Writers on Indian philosophy have touched upon the problem but no one has treated the extensive mythology of evil in Vedic and Puranic texts, which offer the full range of Indian approaches to the problem. The intense emotional weight of the question of evil drove Hindus to generate literally hundreds of diverse and often contradictory alternative answers, presupposing but quickly transcending the logical yet unsatisfying "answer" offered by the doctrine of karma. The very bulk of these texts indicates the importance of the subject in Indian thought, and the failure to take into consideration some of the rather idiosyncratic Indian attitudes to this most basic problem has led to widespread misunderstanding of Indian religious thought in general.".
- catalog contributor b227761.
- catalog created "1980, c1976.".
- catalog date "1980".
- catalog date "1980, c1976.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1980, c1976.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 381-396.".
- catalog description "In this pertinent and valuable study O'Flaherty answers the crucial questions such as, what solutions did the Hindus offer to the problems of evil? How did these arise and develop historically? And, how if at all can these various solutions be subsumed under a unified world view? The problem of evil, in particular the question of theodicy, has long been overlooked or misunderstood by Indologists, who have maintained that there is no problem of evil in Indian thought, or that it was "solved" by the doctrine of transmigration and karma. Writers on Indian philosophy have touched upon the problem but no one has treated the extensive mythology of evil in Vedic and Puranic texts, which offer the full range of Indian approaches to the problem. The intense emotional weight of the question of evil drove Hindus to generate literally hundreds of diverse and often contradictory alternative answers, presupposing but quickly transcending the logical yet unsatisfying "answer" offered by the doctrine of karma. The very bulk of these texts indicates the importance of the subject in Indian thought, and the failure to take into consideration some of the rather idiosyncratic Indian attitudes to this most basic problem has led to widespread misunderstanding of Indian religious thought in general.".
- catalog description "Introduction: the problem of evil -- Time, fate, and the fall of man -- The necessity of evil -- God's demons and men -- The paradox of the good demon : the clash between relative and absolute ethics -- the paradox of the evil God: the transfer of sin -- The corruption of demons and men: the false avatar -- The birth of death -- Crowds in heaven -- God is a heretic -- the split child: good and evil within man -- Conclusion: the many paths of theodicy.".
- catalog extent "xi, 411 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0520040988 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1980".
- catalog issued "1980, c1976.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "BJ1401 .D66 1980".
- catalog subject "Good and evil Religious aspects Hinduism.".
- catalog subject "Mythology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: the problem of evil -- Time, fate, and the fall of man -- The necessity of evil -- God's demons and men -- The paradox of the good demon : the clash between relative and absolute ethics -- the paradox of the evil God: the transfer of sin -- The corruption of demons and men: the false avatar -- The birth of death -- Crowds in heaven -- God is a heretic -- the split child: good and evil within man -- Conclusion: the many paths of theodicy.".
- catalog title "The origins of evil in Hindu mythology / Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty.".
- catalog type "text".