Devi : goddesses of India / edited by John S. Hawley and Donna M. Wulff.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1996.Description: xii, 352 pages : illistrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL1216 .D485 1996
  • BL1216
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Contents:
Prologue: the goddess in India John Stratton Hawley -- Devi: the great goddess Thomas B. Coburn -- Vindhyavasini: local goddess yet great goddess Cynthia Ann Humes -- Kali: blood and death out of place -- David R. Kinsley -- Sri: giver of fortune, bestower of grace Vasudha Narayanan -- Radha: consort and conquerer of Krishna Donna M. Wulff -- Ganga: the goddess Ganges in Hindu sacred geography Diana L. Eck -- Saranyu/Samjna: the sun and the shadow Wendy Doniger -- Seranvali: the mother who possesses Kathleen M. Erndl -- Bhagavati: ball of fire Sarah Caldwell -- Sati: the story of Godavari Lindsey Harlan -- Bharat Mata: Mother India and her militant Matriots Lise McKean -- Epilogue: the western Kali Rachel Fell McDermott.
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Prologue: the goddess in India John Stratton Hawley -- Devi: the great goddess Thomas B. Coburn -- Vindhyavasini: local goddess yet great goddess Cynthia Ann Humes -- Kali: blood and death out of place -- David R. Kinsley -- Sri: giver of fortune, bestower of grace Vasudha Narayanan -- Radha: consort and conquerer of Krishna Donna M. Wulff -- Ganga: the goddess Ganges in Hindu sacred geography Diana L. Eck -- Saranyu/Samjna: the sun and the shadow Wendy Doniger -- Seranvali: the mother who possesses Kathleen M. Erndl -- Bhagavati: ball of fire Sarah Caldwell -- Sati: the story of Godavari Lindsey Harlan -- Bharat Mata: Mother India and her militant Matriots Lise McKean -- Epilogue: the western Kali Rachel Fell McDermott.

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