The triumph of the snake goddess /

Haq, Kaiser

The triumph of the snake goddess / Kaiser Haq ; introduction by Wendy Doniger - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, c2015 - viii, 351 ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Triumph of the Snake Goddess, a prose translation by the scholar and poet Kaiser Haq, is the first comprehensive retelling of this epic in modern English. Haq's Prologue explores the oral, poetic, and manuscript traditions, and Wendy Doniger's Introduction examines the significance of snake worship in classical Sanskrit texts.

9780674089136 (ebook) 0674089138 (ebook)

2015006997

BL1225.M3 / H37 2015

294.52114