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DEVDUTT PATTANAIK BOOKS

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1) The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine (2000)

"In a patriarchal society producing a child is not enough to repay one’s debt to ancestors. The child has to be male. A son is putra, deliverer from hell. He maintains the household hearth and offers funerary oblations to his forefathers. He is custodian of the family tree, keeper of family traditions, and inheritor of the family’s spiritual line of descent."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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2) Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent (2003)

"Myths may not satisfy the demands of rationality or science, but they contain profound wisdom - provided one believes they do and is willing to find out what they communicate."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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3) Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of ***** Mythology (2006)

"According to Vedic scriptures, God does not ‘create’ this world. He simply made all creatures aware of it. Awareness leads to discovery. Discovery is creation."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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4) The Pregnant King (2008)

"To be a woman is like becoming a prey, her every move watched by hungry predators. Every glance of man is a violation. No one is spared. No one. Not mother, not sister, not daughter. It is only fear of Dharma that keeps men in check."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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5) Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata (2010)

"Through Karna, Vyasa reiterates that our knowledge of the world is imperfect based on perceptions and false information. We are surrounded by Kuntis who hide the truth in fear. We are surrounded by Karnas, villains who are actually brothers."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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6) Seven secrets of Shiva (2011)

"Brahma splits . da into three parts: me, mine and what is not mine. This is Tripura, the three worlds."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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7) Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana (2013)

"What we possess is temporary, but what we become is permanent."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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8) Business Sutra: A Very Indian Approach to the Management (2013)

"Without violence, there is no nourishment. Unless the mineral is consumed, the plant cannot grow. Unless the plant is consumed, the animal cannot grow. Physical growth demands the consumption of another. Only mental growth is possible without consuming another; but it is a choice humans rarely make."

— Devdutt Pattanaik

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