Why read Motifs in Indian Mythology?

Book cover of Motifs in Indian Mythology: Their Greek and Other Parallels

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Dr. Arora's present book is indeed a most welcome addition to the growing field of comparative mythological studies. The work is a very thorough investigation into some of the major themes and motifs in Indian mythology in a much wider and comparative perspective. He has carefully selected them from Indian,…

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1 author picked Motifs in Indian Mythology as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Fernando Wulff Alonso

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What I like about Prakash's book is that it is a very analytical text, very technical in a sense: it is simply trying to see if there are influences in Indian mythological stories from other cultures.

And with the same simplicity, he shows that there are, and in particular, Greek ones. He does it in such a way that you don't have to know much about Indian myths to understand it, and with a lot of (sometimes too much?) prudence.

From Fernando's list on understanding Ancient India in a global world.