The Indian Theogony

ThisbookisconcernedwiththetriadofclassicalIndianmythology,BrahmatheCreator,VisnuthepreserverandSivathedestroyer.ThesegodsdidnotalwaysdominatetheIndianreligion;thewayinwhichthegodsoftheVedicpantheonmanyofwhomarerecognizablyrelatedtootherIndo-Europeangods'werechangedovertimeandwiththeculturalandsocialneedsofthepopulationtheyserved,istracedinbroadoutlines.Thegodsofthetriadassimilatedlessergods,andtheirattributes,inthisprocess,untiltheyreachedtheirpositionsofmajorimportance.