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Author: Mandakranta Bose 

The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess provides a critical exposition of the Hindu idea of the divine feminine, or Devī, conceived as a singularity expressed in many forms. With the theological principles examined in the opening chapters, the book proceeds to describe and expound historically how individual manifestations of Devī have been imagined in Hindu religious culture and their impact upon Hindu social life. In this quest the contributors draw upon the history and philosophy of major Hindu ideologies, such as the Purāṇic, Tāntric, and Vaiṣṇava belief systems. A particular distinction of the book is its attention not only to the major goddesses from the earliest period of Hindu religious history but also to goddesses of later origin, in many cases of regional provenance and influence. Viewed through the lens of worship practices, legend, and literature, belief in goddesses is discovered as the formative impulse of much of public and private life. The influence of the goddess culture is especially powerful on women’s life, often paradoxically situating women between veneration and subjection. This apparent contradiction arises from the humanization of goddesses while acknowledging their divinity, which is central to Hindu beliefs. In addition to studying the social and theological aspect of the goddess ideology, the contributors take anthropological, sociological, and literary approaches to delineate the emotional force of the goddess figure that claims intense human attachments and shapes personal and communal lives.

The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess 1st Table of contents:

Part I: The Idea of Devī
1. Cosmological, Devotional, and Social Perspectives on the Hindu Goddess
Cosmological Perspectives: the Goddess as Śakti (Power), Prakṛti (Matter), and Māyā
Devotional Perspectives: The Goddess and Her Many Forms
Social Perspectives: Women as Embodiments of the Goddess
2. From Magic to Deity, Matter to Persona: The Exaltation of Māyā
Magic, Love, and Sleep: Mahāmāyā in the Legends of Durgā
Illusion, Magic, and Causation: Mahāmāyā in Indian Philosophy
Māyā in the Bhogakārikā
Mahāmāyā in the Nādakārikā
Conclusion
Part II: The Development of the Goddess Tradition
3. Lalitā, the Graceful and Enchanting Goddess of Kāñcipuram
4. Śrī/Lakṣmī: Goddess of Plenitude and Ideal of Womanhood
Preamble
Origin and Early History
Devī: Embodiment of Primordial Energy
Lakṣmī in Pañcarātra and Śrīvaiṣṇava Thought
Worship
Conclusion
5. The Elusive Sarasvatī: A Goddess, a River, and the Search for the Universal in the Particular
The Elusiveness of Sarasvatī
The Particularity of Sarasvatī
Conclusions
6. Rādhā: Lover and Beloved of Kṛṣṇa
Adultery And Prema
Kāma and Prema in the Gītagovinda
Domination, Dependence, Desertion
Dual Divinity
Exclusive Erotic Love
Aesthetic Experience
The Secret
7. Sītā: Enduring Example for Women
Overview
Her Worship and Philosophical Importance
The History of Her Story
Iconic Moments
Political Appropriations of Sītā
Feminist Critiques and Reappropriations of Sītā
8. Here Are the Daughters: Reclaiming the Girl Child (Kanyā, Bālā, Kumārī) in the Empowering Tales and Rituals of Śākta
Aspiration for Daughters: The Historical Context
The Identity of the Kumārī
Empowering Tales
Conclusion
Part III: The Regional Heritage
9. Becoming a Living Goddess
Living Examples
How Women Become Goddesses in a Myth: The Legend of Ponnivala
Recognizing a Living Goddess
10. Bathukamma: The Folk-Song Tradition of the Flower Goddess of Telangana in South India
The Bathukamma Song Tradition
Who is Bathukamma?
Bathukamma as Gauramma (Pārvatī)
Bathukamma as Goddess Lakṣmī
Conclusion
11. A Goddess from Bengal: Devī Manasā, Goddess of Serpents
12. Domestication of the Disorderly Devī: The Caṇḍī Maṅgalakāvya of Bengal
Introduction
Purpose and Design
Shifts and Communities
The Decline of Caṇḍī
Part IV: Devī in the Modern World
13. A “Muslim” Poet in the Lap of a “Hindu” Mother: Kazi Nazrul Islam and the Goddess Kālī
Discovering Nazrul, Finding Kālī Anew
“I Bring Revolution”: The Cyclonic Poet of the 1920 and 1930, and His Radical Life
“Blissful Darling, Break this Playroom of Illusion”
Why Kālī? Interpreting Nazrul
The Lives of Nazrul’s Kālī
Conclusion
14. The Divine Mother Comes to Michigan
Māriyammaṉ and Karumāriyammaṉ
The Parashakhthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan

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