{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/hmvp/index.htm","path":"hin/hmvp/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/hmvp/index.htm","text":"This is a comprehensive study of Hindu mythology.\nDue to the huge number of gods and goddesses, and their changing\nrole through centuries of Indian spiritual life, this is a complex subject.\nThis book covers Hindu mythology during the Vedic and Puranic periods.\nWilkins starts with the very earliest pantheon of the Vedas,\nsuch as Surya, the storm-god Maruts, Agni, Soma, Yama,\nand the dawn Goddess Ushas.\nFrom there he moves into the later, and very intricate, Puranic mythology.\nThis includes detailed treatment of the central triad of Brahm\u00e2, Vishnu and Shiva, along with dozens of other Gods and Goddesses, nature spirits,\nhalf-divine heros of the epics, and so on.\nWilkins covers the dozen of so principal avatars of Vishu, including Krishna\nand (suprisingly) Buddha, and prophecies of the mysterious Kalki avatar,\nyet to come.\nThe dozens of line drawings are good reference art for\neach of the major deities.\nIf you are attempting a read through of the Rig-Veda, the Mahabharata or\nRamayana, this the book will clear up much confusion.--J.B. Hare, May 17th, 2009.","title":"Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic Index","type":"page"}