Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s10.9

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s10.9

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The debate between Pārvatī and the celibate in *Kumārasambhava* also reflects the controversy on Śiva's acceptability in the Vedic pantheon as a God. The initial reluctance to admit Śiva in the fold of Vedic pantheon continued in some form or the other in the later period as well when Śiva was already been given a place in the trinity of great gods along with Brahmā and Viṣṇu.

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Kumārasaṃbhava — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit