Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious TraditionHindu Goddesses is a valuable sourcebook and reference work for students and scholars of Hindu goddesses and of Hinduism in general. Each goddess is dealt with as an independent deity with a coherent mythology, theology and, in some cases, cult of her own. Within the complex, diverse, and rich goddess traditions of Hinduism, one can find suggestions of nearly every important theme in the Hindu religion. In many ways, this book is as much a study of the Hindu tradition itself as it is a study of one aspect of that tradition. No other living religious tradition has displayed such an ancient, continuous, and diverse history of goddess worship. |
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Contents
| 7 | |
| 14 | |
Pārvatī | 37 |
Sarasvati | 55 |
Sītā | 70 |
Radha | 81 |
Durgā | 95 |
Kāli | 116 |
Goddesses and Sacred Geography | 178 |
19 | 179 |
29 | 186 |
Village Goddesses | 197 |
The Indus Valley Civilization | 212 |
Notes | 221 |
32 | 224 |
Bibliography | 253 |
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Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition David R. Kinsley No preview available - 1987 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition |
| Author | David Kinsley |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1998 |
| ISBN | 8120803949, 9788120803947 |
| Length | 281 pages |
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