9780195108446 - god inside out: siva's game of dice von handelman, don; shulman, david dean (4 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth-backed colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description : (232 p.). Subjects : Siva (Hindu deity). Gods, Hindu. Dice games India. Other names : Shulman,…

Zustand: New. Siva, one of the great Hindu gods, spends his time playing dice with his wife, to whom he habitually loses. The result of the game is our world, which turns the god inside-out and changes his internal composition. This book attempts to understand the logic implicit in this theology of play, fragmentation, divine se…