This translation of an original Sanskrit script in the Vedic / Sanskrit religion-philosophic tradition tells the tale of Lord Shiwa - Uma or Parvati - snowy Himalayas' daughter. Examined within is the true politics of gender.
An Incarnation of the Snow
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F. W. Bain was a Professor of History and Economics at Deccan College in Poona in the early twentieth century. Each of the books in this series is said to be translated from the original manuscripts, which were apparently in Sanskrit. Professor Bain's erudite yet sensitive introductions and footnotes indicate his extensive scholarship in both the Easter and Western traditions.
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THERE is, in the northern quarter, a pinnacle of milk white snow, that shoots up into the eye of heaven like a sudden spout of leaping laughter, saying as it were to the fleecy clouds that lazily float around it: Haha! my rivals, match my colour if you can. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thou attentive, old mime, old mendicant, snowy neck, sing hey, former birth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The King's Amour, Great God New!
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THERE is, in the northern quarter, a pinnacle of milk white snow, that shoots up into the eye of heaven like a sudden spout of leaping laughter, saying as it were to the fleecy clouds that lazily float around it: Haha! my rivals, match my colour if you can. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thou attentive, old mime, old mendicant, snowy neck, sing hey, former birth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The King's Amour, Great God New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Ashes of a God (Indian Stories) by F.W. BAIN in Front Flap
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by John Clute on page 80
- The Descent of the Sun (Indian Stories) by F.W. BAIN in Front Flap
- The Oxford Chronology of English Literature by Michael Cox on page 585
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