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Invoking goddesses : gender politics in Indian religion / edited by Nilima Chitgopekar.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu goddesses--Cult--India.
- Hindu goddesses.
- Vedic literature--History and criticism.
- Vedic literature.
- Hindu goddesses--Cult.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Shakti Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- Contributed articles.
- Contents:
- Indian goddesses, persevering and antinomian presences / Nilima Chitgopekar
- Goddesses in the R̥gveda, an investigation / Kumkum Roy
- Sexual politics and the cult of the mother goddesses in the Mahābhārata / Shalini Shah
- The unfettered yoginīs / Nilima Chitgopekar
- Imaging the goddess, a process in the identity formation of Śrīvaiṣṇava community / Ranjeeta Dutta
- Mata, land, and line: female divinity and the forging of community in India / Nancy Auer Falk
- Negotiating narak and writing destiny: the theology of bemata in dais' handling of birth / Janet Chawla.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 8124108625
- OCLC:
- 50108752
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