Representation of Lord Shiva as Man in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy

Authors

  • G. Sharmely Ph. D Research Scholar PG & Research Department of English, V.O. Chidambaram College Thoothukudi, India

Keywords:

Mahadev, Lord Shiva, Mythology, Historical Fiction, Karma, Evil

Abstract

More recently, in Indian Writing in English several mythological tales are getting a modern makeover into historical fictional themes. Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy is a fantasy re-imagining of the Indian deity Lord Shiva’s life and adventures. The trilogy also portrays how Gods were human beings ages ago until they attained immortality as a result of their deeds and actions. This paper analyzes how Amish has represented Lord Shiva as a man who rose Godlike because of his karma, inspite of the Hindu mythology referring him as a God, ‘The Mahadev’. Amish in Shiva Trilogy attempts to humanize the Hindu eternal ‘Mahadev’ - The God of Gods and the destroyer of evil with knowledge as its underlying theory.

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Published

2016-12-30

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G. Sharmely. “Representation of Lord Shiva As Man in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 1, no. 5, Dec. 2016, pp. 25-30, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/407.

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Vol. 1 No. 5 (2016): December, 2016

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