The Myths and Gods of India The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Philosophy The theory of Polythiesm .....3 The nature of the ultimate.......14 The Cosmic Being ........42 2. The gods of the vedas The cosmic Sacrifice ......63 The Thirty-Three Gods...79 The Spheres and their Deities ...85 The divinities of the Sphere of Space .102 The Adityas. the sovereign principles ......112 Other vedic Deities..128 Gods and Antigods.....139 3. The Trinity Visnu, the pervader...149 the image of visnu....152 The Avatars, or Incarnations, of Visnu.164 The minor Incarnations of Visnu.......182 Siva, The lord of Sleep .....188 The forms of Rudra-siva ....204 The image of Siva ..213 The Linga ......222 Brahma, The immense Being ...........232 4. The divine power as the goddess Sakti, the all-pervading energy..........253 The consorts of the Three Gods .......258 The ten Objects-of-Transcendent-Knowledge ...268 Some other aspects of the Goddess..........285 5. Secondary gods The sons of Siva ....291 Minor Gods and Genii.....301 Other Deities .........312 6. The representation and the Worship of Deities The representation of Deities .......331 The thought-forms, or Mantras .....334 The yantras, or magic Diagrams ......350 The Images of Deities........362 The worship of Deities ........366 Ritual ............374