"Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny is a Science-Fiction novel using Hinduism/Buddhist philosophy as background in an intriguing way. His followers called him Mah

"Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny is a Science-Fiction novel using Hinduism/Buddhist philosophy as background in an intriguing way. His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light