The origins of evil in Hindu mythology
Print Book, English, 1980, ©1976
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980, ©1976
xi, 411 pages ; 25 cm
9780520040984, 0520040988
1000993871
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
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