Devi : goddesses of India / edited by John S. Hawley and Donna M. Wulff. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)1996. - xii, 352 pages : illistrations, map ; 24 cm.



Prologue: the goddess in India Devi: the great goddess Vindhyavasini: local goddess yet great goddess Kali: blood and death out of place -- Sri: giver of fortune, bestower of grace Radha: consort and conquerer of Krishna Ganga: the goddess Ganges in Hindu sacred geography Saranyu/Samjna: the sun and the shadow Seranvali: the mother who possesses Bhagavati: ball of fire Sati: the story of Godavari Bharat Mata: Mother India and her militant Matriots Epilogue: the western Kali John Stratton Hawley -- Thomas B. Coburn -- Cynthia Ann Humes -- David R. Kinsley -- Vasudha Narayanan -- Donna M. Wulff -- Diana L. Eck -- Wendy Doniger -- Kathleen M. Erndl -- Sarah Caldwell -- Lindsey Harlan -- Lise McKean -- Rachel Fell McDermott.



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