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Title: Popular Indian mythology
Review: The editor and translator of this book have done a good job selecting and translating the principal Puranas for the Western reader. The Introductions to the various settings clarify the ideas expressed in the selections and clear up ambiguities about names of Gods and Goddesses, etc. The ideas are presented dispassionately, not criticizing or comparing ancient Indian cosmological ideas to modern Western cosmology and science. The only thing I missed would have been a comparison between ancient Indian and Darwinian views on evolution, especially the origins of the human species.
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