Thank you all for replying on and off the list. Here is our Pine Forest survival kit at present time:
Doniger, Wendy. *Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Śiva*. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973). - Especially chapter 6. ——. *Śiva: The Erotic Ascetic* (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981). - Especially chapter 6. Handelman, Don, and David Shulman. *Śiva in the Forest of Pines: An Essay on Sorcery and Self-Knowledge* (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). ——. *God Inside Out: Śiva’s Game of Dice* (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997). - Re: the Pine Forest episode’s relationship with Siva’s dice game narratives. Kramrisch, Stella. *The Presence of Śiva* (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981). - Especially chapter 7. Pathak, Shubha. “Shifting Śāstric Śiva: Co-operating Epic Mythology and Philosophy in India’s Classical Period,” *International Journal of Hindu Studies* 27, no. 2 (2023): 173–212. ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-022-09337-8). *Sincerely,* *Westin Harris* Ph.D. Candidate Study of Religion University of California, Davis https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris <https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris> 2021 Dissertation Fellow, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Sarva Mangalam. On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 5:34 PM Shubha Pathak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Westin et al., > > Two relevant secondary sources with which to start, if you have not > already done so, are *Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Śiva *by > Wendy Doniger [O'Flaherty] and *Śiva in the Forest of Pines: An Essay on > Sorcery and Self-Knowledge *by Don Handelman and David Shulman. I > discuss both books in my article "Shifting Śāstric Śiva: Co-operating > Epic Mythology and Philosophy in India’s Classical Period,” *International > Journal of Hindu Studies *27, no. 2 (2023): 173–212 ( > https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-022-09337-8). > > Sincerely, > Shubha > > > > ––– > Shubha Pathak, PhD, PhD > Associate Professor > Department of Philosophy and Religion > American University > Battelle-Tompkins 113 > 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW > Washington, DC 20016-8056 > > Phone: 202-885-2957 > Fax: 202-885-1094 > E-mail: [email protected] > Web pages: http://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/pathak.cfm > > https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-0601 > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Westin Harris via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:37 PM > *To:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] On Devadāru Forest/lingam origin narratives... > > > *External Email:* Use caution with links and attachments. > Dear Indologists, > > I thought there would already be a thread on this topic, but my searches > of the archives came up fruitless. > > I am looking to learn more about narratives of Śiva in the Devadāru forest > (cavorting with the sage's wives and rebuking the sages) as an origin story > for the worship of *śivaliṅga*s. > > - What are the oldest datable examples of the Devadāru forest > narrative and/as the origin story for liṅga worship? (Purāṇas or > otherwise?) > - I have heard contemporary traditions (especially in the South) refer > to this form of Śiva as Bhikṣāṭana. Is this epithet attested in the > earliest sources, or does it develop later? > - I have also heard the Devadāru/Bhikṣāṭana Śiva associated with > narratives of Śiva's penance after beheading Brahmā. Is the Devadāru forest > narrative often associated with Śiva's brahmanicidal episode, or is this > connection less common? (It seems to me that the Devadāru forest narrative > already hinges on topoi like transgression and expiation, as Śiva rebukes > the sages for their transgressions but then provides his *liṅgam* as a > means to absolution, so I could see how the two vignettes might naturally > overlap). > > As a disclaimer, I fully understand that dating puranic stories is often a > nonstarter. Therefore, speaking of "earlier" and "later," or "often" and > "common," can already be problematic. Still, I am hardly an expert in the > vast puranic corpus, so any help is much appreciated. > > Thank you all. > > *Sincerely,* > > *Westin Harris* > Ph.D. Candidate > Study of Religion > University of California, Davis > https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris__;!!IaT_gp1N!z0fk4xkDOBelVfgs03mUfT0d104Kt2jbVRzc1OE22ZUacxepf_L2JSAI5-VilvnFCm1I0mGvXzawqOQj4BSjfV2StFax$> > > 2021 Dissertation Fellow, > The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies > > Sarva Mangalam. >
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