While the Gods Play
Subtitle: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind
Edition: American Ed edition
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: August 1, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780892811151
Subjects: Religions of Indic & Oriental origin; Saivism; Hinduism; Body, Mind & Spirit; Philosophy; Religion; âSaivism; General; Hinduism - General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Personal Transformation; Reference
First sentence: ACCORDING TO THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE PURANA, THE present humanity would have appeared about 58,000 years ago, a figure that corresponds to twelve and a half times what Shaiva cosmology calls the Age of the Ancestors (Pitri), that is, the duration of a lineage, a particular species of men.