Dattātreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatāra

Dattātreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and AvatāraPresents the multi faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence to modern times. This book presents the multi faceted Hindu deity Dattatreya from his Puranic emergence up to modern times. Dattatreya's Brahmanical portrayal, as well as his even more archaic characterization as a Tantric antinomian figure, combines both Vaisnava Saiva motifs. Over the course of time, Dattatreya has come to embody the roles of the immortal guru, yogin and

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