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The Swasthani Vrata Katha : A Secret Vow to the Goddess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (340 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- The Swasthani Vrata Katha (The Story of the Ritual Vow to the Goddess Swasthani) is the most widely read, recited, and listened to Hindu devotional text, especially of local indigenous origin, among Hindu laity in Nepal. This book offers the first full-length scholarly English translation of this important text from the original Nepali.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Note on Transliteration
- Part One Introduction
- A Secret Vow to the Goddess
- The Swasthani Story
- The Swasthani's Epic Status in Nepal
- Hindus in Nepal
- A Tale of Three Languages
- The Swasthani and Nepal's Local Puranas
- The Puranicization of the Swasthani
- From Scribes in Nepal to Print Entrepreneurs in India
- Printed Swasthani Book Circulation in Nepal
- The Goddess Swasthani
- The Swasthani Vrat
- The Swasthani as a Women's Tradition: Contemporary Debates
- Getting In on the Secret: This Translation
- Part Two THE SWASTHANI VRATA KATHA
- Synopsis of the Swasthani Vrata Katha
- Detailed Chapter Outline of the Swasthani Vrata Katha
- Salutations to Sri Ganesh The Swasthani Vrata Katha
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Part Three Ritual Texts and Prayers
- The Swasthani Vrata Katha / Original Sanskrit Verses
- Salutations to Sri Ganesh
- The Swasthani Vrata Katha
- Pujavidhi / Ritual Instructions
- Materials for the Worship of Sri Swasthani and the Day of the Vrat
- Ritual Instructions for the Worship of Sri Swasthani Parameshwari
- Ritual Instructions for the Worship of the Main Deity, Swasthani
- Devi Stuti / Hymn to the Goddess
- Pushpanjali / Concluding Floral Offerings and Mantras
- Part Four Texts and Illustrations
- Swasthani Texts Consulted for This Translation.
- Narrative Illustrations from Early Printed Swasthani Books
- Illustrations Set 1: Vishwaraj Sharma's Sri Swasthani Vratakatha, ~1928 CE (SVK 2)
- Illustrations Set 2: Subba Homnath Kedarnath's Thulo Sriswasthanivrata Katha, 1929 CE (SVK 3)
- Illustrations Set 3: Babu Madhav Prasad Sharma's Sri Swasthani Vratakatha, 2002 CE
- Appendix A Queen Mother Goma's Words of Advice
- Goma's Instructions on Kingship
- Goma's List of a Queen's Characteristics
- Appendix B Shakti Piths in the Swasthani Vrata Katha
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-755346-X
- 0-19-755345-1
- 0-19-755347-8
- OCLC:
- 1568057910
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