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The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology: Volume 6
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The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology: Volume 6 Paperback - 1980

by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty


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Theodicy, the term used to designate the problem of evil and its attempted resolution, is derived from the Greek theos, god, and dike, justice; its was put into general currency by Leibniz, who used it to signify the defense of the justice of God in face of the fact of evil.

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  • Title The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology: Volume 6
  • Author Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 424
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 1980-10-13
  • ISBN 9780520040984 / 0520040988
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.01 x 1.02 in (23.37 x 15.27 x 2.59 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.521

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Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty is a scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions, her major works include, Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva; Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook; The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology; Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts; and The Rig Veda: An Anthology, 108 Hymns Translated from the Sanskrit. She is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of History of Religions at the University of Chicago and was president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1998.
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