Originally Posted by
Ashvati
Sanjaya, you make a lot of sense with that answer. I think her work is academically valid, even if her interpretations do seem misinformed or missing the point, but I consider that just another intellectual challenge. You have to take what she says something means with a grain of salt.
Also, even if those aren't important Saiva scriptures I still would love to read them. The William Buck retellings of Ramayana and Mahabharata are definitely done as stories rather than scriptures, but they're told in more or less plain english that any westerner can understand, so I think he accomplished his goal with writing those retellings. I would still one day like to try to tackle a literal translation or eventually learn sanskrit and read the originals, though.
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