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  • The Siva Purana Retold
  • Written by: Ramesh Menon
  • Narrated by: Avita Jay
  • Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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Siva

Written by: Ramesh Menon
Narrated by: Avita Jay
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Publisher's Summary

One day of Brahma has 14 Indras; his life has 54,000 Indras. One day of Vishnu is the life time of Brahma. The lifetime of Vishnu is one day of Siva.

There are 18 Mahapuranas, great Puranas, and the Siva Purana is one of them. The book Siva is a vivid retelling of the Siva Purana for today's listener. The book contains all the major legends of Siva, bringing them alive again for a new generation. The characters and events one encounters here are awesome, many are cosmic. Siva himself is the Auspicious One. He is Mahadeva, the greatest god.

©2006 Ramesh Menon (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

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  • 28-02-23

Excellent book but mispronunciations by narrator at many places

The narrator has no clue on the pronunciations of certain words that repeatedly appears in the book. That has really spoiled the feel of the story.

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Great book with terrible reader

the narrator/reader butchered every name and samskrutham word. stories in the book are good.

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Wish it had a better narrator

The narrator has absolutely no idea on the pronunciation of many Sanskrit words and I guess no one cared to teach her. That spoilt the listening experience completely

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My Spiritual Journey

An amazing insight into the philosophy of Shiva, the timeless spirit, the great yogi, the very source of this universe.

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This collection is quite rare

This is truly fascinating. I had never heard most of these stories before. Also, having heard some small stories here and there (mostly from my grandma), there were some gaps which couldn't be filled and remained lurking right from my childhood. After listening to this, I'm able to connect the dots.

The narration is quite fluent.

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Excellent

For the first time someone is reading it right. Though, several pronunciation mistakes are still there but Siva ia Siva not Sivaaa

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great story and narration

love all the stories. great.. narration could have been little more descriptive . initially I felt like the narration was kind of reading a book with stiff voice. as going further got used to it.. still it was great

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Unnecessary Accent

Very disappointed by the unnecessary stereotyped "Indian Accent" for the dialogues. Good book but the audio needs to be updated.

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Awkward narration

The story is beautiful as ever.But the person reading it has no clue regarding pronunciation!! It is laboured, stilted and staccato. The rhythm of the story is completely ruined. Please redo the book with a well versed narrator.

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Excellent Book

I read the book it was an experience to remember but nararrator totally destroyed it.

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