The Oxford history of Hinduism. The goddess / edited by Mandakranta Bose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bose, Mandakranta, 1938- editor.

Series:

Oxford history of Hinduism

The Oxford history of Hinduism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu goddesses.

Hindu goddesses--Social aspects.

Goddesses.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Goddess

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book explains how Hindus think about divinity in its feminine aspect, as the supreme creative energy of the cosmos. That energy is a single abstract idea but manifests itself in many forms, each imagined as a goddess with particular powers and functions.

Contents:

Cosmological, devotional, and social perspectives on the Hindu goddess / Tracy Pintchman

From magic to deity, matter to persona : the exaltation of Maya / Bihani Sarkar

Lalim, the graceful and enchanting goddess of Kaficipuram / Sanjukta Gupta

Śrī/Lakşmī: goddess of plenitude and ideal of womanhood / Mandakranta Bose

The elusive sarasvatī : a goddess, a river, and the search for the universal in the particular / Elizabeth Mary Rohlman - Rādhā : lover and beloved of Kṛṣṇia / Tracy Coleman

Sītā : enduring example for women / Heidi R. Pauwels

Here are the daughters : reclaiming the girl child (Kanyā, Bālā, Kumārī) in the empowering tales and rituals of Śākta Tantra / Madhu Khanna

Becoming a Living Goddess / Brenda Beck

Bathukamma : the folk-song tradition of the flower goddess of Telangana in South India / Prabhavati C. Reddy

A goddess from Bengal : Devi Manasa, Goddess of serpents / Krishna Datta

Domestication of the disorderly devī : The Caṇḍī Maṅgalakāvya of Bengal / Saswati Sengupta

A "Muslim" poet in the lap of a "Hindu" mother : Kazi Nazrul Islam and the Goddess Kālī / Rachel Fell McDermott

The divine mother comes to Michigan / Tracy Pintchman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198767021

9780198767022

OCLC:

1012558011

Publisher Number:

99977646101