TY  - GEN
AU  - Smith, David
TI  - Dance of Siva : religion, art and poetry in South Asia
SN  - 9788175960428
U1  - 294.5 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.
KW  -  
N1  - Contents 
List of illustrations x
Acknowledgements     xii
introduction    i
1. The nataraja bronze     10
2. The cidambaram  myth    31
3. temple, priests, and ritual   46
4. The hall of consciosness, the heart of the universe    80
5. Saiva Siddhanta and Vedanta    103
6. The Goddess   135
7. Bhiksatana    161
8. Bhairava  the terrible and other forms of siva    186
9. Saints, dancing girls, ganas and apasmara   207
10.Last  words  228
Notes    240
Bibliography   287
Index and Glossary   295
ER  -