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The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Tracy Pintchman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-15 - Publisher: State University of New York Press

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This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of saakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakr(materiality) f
Hindu Goddesses
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: David Kinsley
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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Hindu Goddesses is a valuable sourcebook and reference work for students and scholars of Hindu goddesses and of Hinduism in general. Each goddess is dealt with
Reciting the Goddess
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Reciting the Goddess presents the first critical study of the Svasthanivratakatha (SVK), a sixteenth-century Hindu narrative textual tradition. The extensive SV
Seeking Mahadevi
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Tracy Pintchman
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-06-21 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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Explores the identity of the Hindu Great Goddess and how it relates to the many goddesses worshipped in India.
Renowned Goddess of Desire
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Loriliai Biernacki
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-10-11 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Tantra is a family of rituals modeled on those of the Vedas and their attendant texts and lineages. These rituals typically involve the visualization of a deity