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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Guide to Pronunciation | |
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| Introduction: The Interpretation of Hindu Mythology | |
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| The Challenge of Hindu Mythology | |
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| The Central Paradox of Saiva Mythology | |
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| The Resolution within the Texts | |
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| The Iconic Resolution of the Paradox: The Ithyphallic Yogi | |
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| Problems and Methods | |
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| Various Methods of Mythological Analysis | |
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| Variants and Multiforms | |
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| Motifs of Hindu Mythology | |
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| Chart of Motifs | |
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| Explanation of Motifs | |
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| Interconnections between Motifs | |
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| The Saiva Cycle Analysed by Motifs | |
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| The Value of Motifs and Variants | |
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| The Nature of Mythological Contradiction | |
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| The Equivalence of Opposites | |
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| The Resolution of Mythological Contradictions | |
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| The Failure to Resolve Mythological Contradictions | |
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| The Irrational Solution: Bhakti | |
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| Asceticism and Eroticism in Early Indian Mythology | |
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| The Importance of Chastity and Creative Tapas | |
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| The Seduction of the Ascetic by the Prostitute: Rsyasrnga | |
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| Chastity and the Loss of Chastity: Agastya | |
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| The Erotic Powers of the Ascetic | |
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| The Rejuvenation of the Ascetic: Cyavana | |
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| Sexual Pleasures as the Reward for Asceticism / the False Ascetic | |
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| The Importance of Procreation | |
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| The Prajapati and His Ascetic Sons | |
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| Narada and the Sons of Daksa | |
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| The Two Forms of Immortality | |
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| The Attempt to Reconcile the Householder and Ascetic in Society | |
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| The Forest-Dweller: an Inadequate Compromise | |
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| The Vedic Antecedents of Siva | |
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| Rudra, God of Destruction | |
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| Indra | |
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| Indra as Phallic God of Fertility | |
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| Indra versus the Ascetic | |
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| Agni, the Erotic Fire | |
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| Agni and the Pine Forest Sages | |
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| The Seven Sages and their Wives | |
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| Siva and Parvati as the Parents of Skanda | |
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| The Golden Seed of Fire | |
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| The Birth of Skanda and the Birth of the Maruts | |
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| Siva and Brahma: Opposition and Identity | |
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| Siva as Sexual Creator | |
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| The Incest of Siva | |
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| Siva Opposes the Incest of Brahma | |
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| Brahma Versus Kama | |
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| Siva Versus Brahma at the Wedding of Sati/Parvati | |
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| The Beheading of Brahma by Siva | |
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| The Beheading of Daksa by Siva | |
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| The Castration of Siva | |
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| The Competition Between Siva and Brahma | |
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| The Complementarity of Brahma and Siva | |
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| Siva and Kama | |
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| The Chastity of Siva--and Its Contradiction | |
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| The Burning of Kama--and Its Reversal | |
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| The Lust of the Chastiser of Kama | |
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| The Victory of Kama Implicit in the Burning of Kama | |
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| The Seduction of Siva by Parvati | |
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| The Revival of Kama by Parvati | |
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| Kama Reborn as a Tree--Rebirth From Fire | |
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| The Revived Kama's Power Over Siva | |
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| The Erotic Appeal of the Chastiser of Kama | |
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| Kama and Agni Transposed | |
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| The Partial Identity of Siva and Kama | |
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| Siva in the Pine Forest | |
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| Siva, the False Ascetic, Seducer of the Sages' Wives | |
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| Siva, the Passive Ascetic, Unmoved by the Sages' Wives | |
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| The Apparent Lust of the Ascetic Siva | |
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| The Destruction of the Sages' Powers by the Seduction of their Wives | |
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| The Transference of the Sages' Powers to Siva: The Pasupata Cult | |
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| The Sexual Destruction of Demons by Siva | |
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| The Sexual Death of Adi | |
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| The Death and Transfiguration of Andhaka | |
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| The Enlightenment of the Pine Forest Sages | |
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| Siva opposes the Forest-dwellers' kama | |
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| The Temptation of the Devotee by God | |
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| Siva opposes the Forest-dwellers' tapas | |
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| The Balance: Santi and Linga-worship | |
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| Enlightenment by Sexual Impersonation | |
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| Siva as Ascetic and Householder | |
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| Siva's Failure to Reconcile His Two Roles | |
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| Siva's Trouble with his Parents-in-Law | |
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| The House of the Ascetic Siva | |
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| Parvati's Conflict with the Unconventional, Ascetic Siva | |
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| The Quarrels of Siva and Parvati | |
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| The Adultery of Siva | |
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| The Reconciliation of Siva and Parvati | |
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| The Horrible and the Erotic | |
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| The Transformation of Siva's Ornaments | |
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| Snakes and Nakedness | |
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| The Ashes of Siva | |
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| The Third Eye | |
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| Siva as Ascetic and House Holder: the Reconciliation | |
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| The Control and Transformation of Desire | |
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| Sexual Satiety: the Linga in the Yoni | |
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| Yoga and Bhoga | |
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| The Transformation of Desire by Self-Temptation | |
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| The Retention of the Seed | |
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| The Separation of Fertility and Eroticism | |
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| The Unnatural Creation of Siva's Son | |
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| Creation by Blood, Sweat, and Tears | |
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| The Drinking of the Seed | |
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| The Seed as Soma and Poison | |
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| Food and Sex | |
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| The Control of Excess | |
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| The Distribution of Siva's Tejas | |
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| Siva as Fire Under Water | |
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| Siva as the Submarine Mare | |
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| Cycles of Asceticism and Sexuality | |
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| The Danger of Siva's Excessive Chastity | |
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| The Danger of Siva's Excessive Sexuality | |
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| The Interruption of Sexual Activity | |
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| Quiescence and Energy | |
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| Conclusion: the Pendulum of Extremes | |
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| Connections Between Episodes in the Saiva Cycle | |
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| Major Occurrences of the Main Episodes | |
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| Sanskrit Texts | |
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| Siva and Kama | |
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| The birth of Skanda | |
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| The Pine Forest | |
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| Non-Sanskrit Texts | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Sanskrit Texts and Translations | |
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| Secondary Sources | |
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| Bibliographic Notes | |
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| Index of Motifs | |
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| Index of Characters | |