Devi: Goddesses of India 1st Edition John Stratton Hawley

Devi: Goddesses of India – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780520916296,0520916298

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520200586
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520200586
• Author(s): John Stratton Hawley; Donna Marie Wulff

The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism “God” very often means “Goddess.” This extraordinary collection explores twelve different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the Great Goddess. They range from the liquid goddess-energy of the River Ganges to the possessing, entrancing heat of Bhagavati and Seranvali. They are local, like Vindhyavasini, and global, like Kali; ancient, like Saranyu, and modern, like “Mother India.” The collection combines analysis of texts with intensive fieldwork, allowing the reader to see how goddesses are worshiped in everyday life. In these compelling essays, the divine feminine in Hinduism is revealed as never before―fascinating, contradictory, powerful.

Table contents:

1. MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION
4. PROLOGUE The Goddess in India
5. PART ONE Goddess as Supreme and Goddess as Consort
6. VINDHYAVASINI Local Goddess yet Great Goddess
7. GANG The Goddess Ganges in Hindu Sacred Geography
8. SARANYU / SAMJNA The Sun and the Shadow
9. SERANVALI The Mother Who Possesses
10. BHAGAVATI Ball of Fire
11. SAT 1 The Story of Godavari
12. BHARAT MATA Mother India and Her Militant Matriots
13. EPILOGUE The Western Kali
14. GLOSSARY
15. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
16. CONTRIBUTORS

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