Rise of the goddess in the Hindu tradition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pintchman, Tracy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu goddesses.

Local Subjects:

Hindu goddesses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 1994.

Summary:

This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of saakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakr(materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology. Tracy Pintchman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at Loyola University of Chicago.

Contents:

""The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Setting the Stage""; ""Textual Issues""; ""Summary of the Book""; ""1. The Feminine Principle in the Vedas""; ""Brahmanasâ€?""; ""THE WATERS""; ""EARTH/ADITI/VIRAJ""; ""VAC/SARASVATI""; ""INDRANI""; ""Upanisads""; ""THE WATERS""; ""EARTH""; ""VAC""; ""Cosmogony, Cosmology, and Goddesses in the Vedas""; ""SamhitÄ?s""; ""THE WATERS""; ""EARTH""; ""ADITI ""; ""VIRAJ""; ""VAC (AND SARASVATI)""; ""SACI/INDRANI""

""2. Prakrti, MÄ?yÄ?, and Sakti.The Feminine Principle in Philosophical Discourse""""Prakrti""; ""THE TERM PRAKRTI IN EARLY VEDIC,GRAMMATICAL, AND RITUAL CONTEXTS""; ""PRAKRTI AS A MATERIAL PRINCIPLE""; ""PRAKRTI IN VEDIC AND PROTO-SAMKHYA CONTEXTS""; ""THE MARRIAGE OF VEDIC AND PROTO-SAMKHYAMATERLALS IN THE MAHABHARATA""; ""PRAKRTI IN CLASSICAL SAMKHYA""; ""Maya""; ""MAYA IN VEDIC AND EARLY POST-VEDIC CONTEXTS""; ""MAYA IN ADVAITA VEDANTA""; ""Sakti""; ""VEDIC ROOTS""; ""SAKTI IN PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE""; ""SAKTI IN GRAMMATICAL LITERATURE""; ""SAKTI IN TANTRIC LITERATURE""

""3. The Feminine Principle inPurÄ?nic Cosmogonyand Cosmology""""Introduction to the Goddess Materials in the Epics and PurÄ?nas""; ""The Devi-MÄ?hÄ?tmya""; ""Cosmogony and Goddesses in the PurÄ?nas""; ""Primary Creation (Sarga): Basic Cosmogony""; ""SAMKHYA-TYPE ACCOUNTS OF COSMOGONY""; ""RECONCILLATION OF COMPETING PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS INACCOUNTS OF PRIMARY CREATION""; ""Secondary Creation (Pratisarga)â€?""; ""CREATION OF THE WORLDS""; ""CREATION OF PROGENY""; ""The Explicit Introduction of the Feminine Element in Creation :Prakrti/Sakti as the Consort of God""

""REFERENCES OUTSIDE OF ACCOUNTS OF COSMOGONY""""Integration of The Feminine Principle in Accounts of Cosmogony:Sarga and Pratisarga""; ""VAISNAVA PURANAS AND WAISNAVA SECTIONS OF CROSS-SECTARIAN PURANAS""; ""SAIVA PURANAS AND SAIVA SECTIONS OF CROSS-SECTARIAN PURANAS""; ""SAKTA PURANAS""; ""4. Concluding Remarks""; ""Resume""; ""CONTEXTUAL ISSUES""; ""THEMATIC ISSUES""; ""HISTORICAL ISSUES""; ""INTERPRETIVE ISSUES""; ""Further Implications of the Study:Historical and Socio-Political Implications""; ""Further Implications of the Study:Cultural Implications""

""THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GODDESSES AND WOMEN""""THE AMBIGUOUS GODDESS""; ""Sakti/Maya""; ""Prakrti/Maya""; ""THE AMBIGUOUS FEMALE: FROM DIVINE TO HUMAN""; ""Women and Creation of the Social Order""; ""Women and Maintenance of the Social Order""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A ""; ""B ""; ""C ""; ""D ""; ""E ""; ""F ""; ""G ""; ""H ""; ""I ""; ""K ""; ""L ""; ""M ""; ""N ""; ""O ""; ""P ""; ""R ""; ""S ""; ""T ""; ""U ""; ""V ""; ""W ""; ""Y ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4384-1618-0

0-585-06265-X