Dance of Divine Love Oriental Institute (Vadodara) The Pasupata (100 A: D

The Pasupata (100 A: D

necessarily plays a comparatively insignificant part in this volume

massive in size and rich and invaluable in contents

the valiant offspring of Shiva and Parvati

but it is equally clear that it cannot be discarded lightly

Dance of Divine Love Oriental Institute (Vadodara) The Pasupata (100 A: DThe heart of this book is a dramatic love poem, the Rasa Lila, which is the ultimate focal point of one of the most treasured Sanskrit texts of India, the Bhagavata Puriina. Judged a literary masterpiece by Indian and Western scholars alike, this work of poetic genius and soaring religious vision is one of the world's greatest sacred love stories and, as Graham Schweig clearly demonstrates, should be regarded as India's Song of Songs. The story