Goddesses in Ancient India

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Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 8170171849
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Goddesses in Ancient India by : P. K. Agrawala

Download or read book Goddesses in Ancient India written by P. K. Agrawala and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Agrawala S Present Work Largely Represents His Ph.D. Thesis (Approved By The Banaras Hindu University) In A Revised Up-To-Date Form. He Has Brought Out A Most Comprehensive And Thorough Analysis Of The Material On The Worship Of Goddesses In The Proto-Historic And Vedic Periods Of India. A Vast Amount Of Archaeological Evidence Is Carefully Sifted And Analysed By Him In A Truer Cultic Perspective As Throwing New Light On The Role Of Mother-Goddesses In The Protohistoric Cultures Ranging From Small Agricultural Communities Of Baluchistan Foothills To The Highly Developed Harappans. Dr. Agrawala Has Also Identified And Discussed In A Systematic Manner Varied Motifs And Concepts Of Fertility Cultus In The Rgveda And Later Vedic Texts Which Were Subsequently Formulated Into Definite Images, Personifications And Attributes. He Has Marshalled In A Fully Objective Treatment All Those References In The Vedic Literature That Go Now To Reveal Numerous Fresh Aspects Of This Hitherto Unexplored Subject. One Is Able Indeed To See Through The Present Work How The Rgvedic Goddesses,Mostly Abstractions, Later On Assumed Mythical Definitions In The Pantheon And How The Folk Culture Of India Exercised Its Far-Reaching Influences On Higher Priestly Religion Not Only By Contributing Its Own Share Of Goddesses But Also Through Their More Concrete Identification With The Already Existing Ones In Myths And Cult Rituals.

Mother Goddesses in Early Indian Religion

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Book Synopsis Mother Goddesses in Early Indian Religion by : Savitri Dhawan

Download or read book Mother Goddesses in Early Indian Religion written by Savitri Dhawan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Indian Mother Goddess

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Publisher : South Asia Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Indian Mother Goddess by : Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya

Download or read book The Indian Mother Goddess written by Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya and published by South Asia Books. This book was released on 1977 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolution of Mother Worship in India

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Publisher : Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
ISBN 13 : 8175058862
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Evolution of Mother Worship in India by : Prof. Sashi Bhusan Dasgupta

Download or read book Evolution of Mother Worship in India written by Prof. Sashi Bhusan Dasgupta and published by Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math). This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept and practice of ‘Worship of God as Mother’ in India dates to a hoary past. In the modern age new vistas of this type of divine worship have been opened up with the advent of Sri Ramakrishna whose life and spiritual practices have taught humankind not only to look upon God as Mother of the Universe but also to realize Her as residing in the hearts of all, especially women. His divine consort, Sri Sarada Devi, was looked upon as a special manifestation of that Mother of the Universe and is literally adored by countless devotees. She was the Mother of the virtuous and the wicked, humans and sub-humans. Evolution of Mother Worship in India traces the growth of this ideal as embodied in some of its well-known characters in Indian history and literature.

Devī

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Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120814912
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)

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Book Synopsis Devī by : John Stratton Hawley

Download or read book Devī written by John Stratton Hawley and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Indian Mother Goddess

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Total Pages : 153 pages
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Book Synopsis Indian Mother Goddess by : Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya

Download or read book Indian Mother Goddess written by Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Goddess

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Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780235380
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis The Goddess by : David Leeming

Download or read book The Goddess written by David Leeming and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as we have sought god, we have found the goddess. Ruling over the imaginations of humankind’s earliest agricultural civilizations, she played a critical spiritual role as a keeper of nature’s fertile powers and an assurance of the next sustaining harvest. In The Goddess, David Leeming and Christopher Fee take us all the way back into prehistory, tracing the goddess across vast spans of time to tell the epic story of the transformation of belief and what it says about who we are. Leeming and Fee use the goddess to gaze into the lives and souls of the people who worshipped her. They chart the development of traditional Western gender roles through an understanding of the transformation of concepts of the Goddess from her earliest roots in India and Iran to her more familiar faces in Ireland and Iceland. They examine the subordination of the goddess to the god as human civilizations became mobile and began to look upon masculine deities for assurances of survival in movement and battle. And they show how, despite this history, the goddess has remained alive in our spiritual imaginations, in figures such as the Christian Virgin Mother and, in contemporary times, the new-age resurrection of figures such as Gaia. The Goddess explores this central aspect of ancient spiritual thought as a window into human history and the deepest roots of our beliefs.

The Mother Goddess

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mother Goddess by : Sadanand Kashinath Dikshit

Download or read book The Mother Goddess written by Sadanand Kashinath Dikshit and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early History of Cult of Mother Goddess in Northern Indian Hinduism with Special Reference to Iconography

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Book Synopsis Early History of Cult of Mother Goddess in Northern Indian Hinduism with Special Reference to Iconography by : Mukhlesur Rahman

Download or read book Early History of Cult of Mother Goddess in Northern Indian Hinduism with Special Reference to Iconography written by Mukhlesur Rahman and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mother Goddess and Other Goddesses

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Publisher : Delhi [India] : Ajanta Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Book Synopsis Mother Goddess and Other Goddesses by : Venkateswarier Subramaniam

Download or read book Mother Goddess and Other Goddesses written by Venkateswarier Subramaniam and published by Delhi [India] : Ajanta Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of papers presented at a conference on the Mother Goddess at Carleton University in November 1987 with the help of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Religion, Carleton University.

Divine Mother, Blessed Mother

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198038089
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis Divine Mother, Blessed Mother by : Francis Clooney

Download or read book Divine Mother, Blessed Mother written by Francis Clooney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Divine Mother, Blessed Mother, Francis X. Clooney, S.J., a scholar of Hinduism as well as a Catholic priest and theologian, offers the first full-length comparative study of Hindu goddesses and the Virgin Mary. Clooney begins by looking at three specific goddesses as they are presented and addressed in religiously and theologically rich hymns from the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions: Nullri Laksmi, the eternal consort of Lord Visnu and life-giver to Him and all the world; the great Goddess Devi, in whom the world and gods too exist and flourish; and the lovely Tamil Goddess Apirnullami, who illumines the inmost mind and heart. Clooney then shows how Goddess traditions can be drawn into fruitful conversation with Christian tradition, taking a fresh look at the veneration and theology of Mary, the Mother of Jesus and Mother of God, as displayed in three famous Marian hymns from the Greek, Latin, and Tamil traditions. The book is enriched by the inclusion of fresh and full translations of all of the hymns, including two translated here for the first time. Analyzing these six Hindu and Christian hymns, Clooney examines such questions as: How have Hindu theologians made room for a feminine divine alongside the masculine--and why? How has Christian thinking about divine gender differed from Hindu thinking? What might contemporary feminists learn from the goddess traditions of India? How might the study of Hindu goddesses affect Christian thinking about God and Mary? This is a book to read for its insights into the nature of gender and the divine, for the power of the hymns themselves, and for the sake of a religious adventure, an encounter with three Goddess traditions and Mary seen in a new light.

Devi, the Mother-Goddess

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Publisher : Vakils Feffer & Simons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Devi, the Mother-Goddess by : Devdutt Pattanaik

Download or read book Devi, the Mother-Goddess written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Vakils Feffer & Simons. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers through Shakta imagery, philosophy, beliefs, customs, history, folklore and myth. This book includes tales of Adi-Maya-Shakti, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Parvati, Kali, Durga as well as several village-goddesses such as Kanyakumari, Vaishnav-devi, Bahucharmata and heroines such as Anasuya, Arundhati and Savitri.

Gods & Goddesses of Ancient India

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Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN 13 : 1622753917
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)

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Book Synopsis Gods & Goddesses of Ancient India by : Tammy Laser

Download or read book Gods & Goddesses of Ancient India written by Tammy Laser and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedic volume is a thorough examination of the history of religion in ancient India, detailing each of the gods and goddesses, his or her origins, and how the gods continue to be worshipped today. The history of religion is directly tied to the history of the past one thousand years. World history is an important part of the history curriculum, making this volume a valuable teaching tool, as well as an entertaining read. Vibrant images make it a visual experience.

Hindu Goddesses

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Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120803947
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Hindu Goddesses by : David Kinsley

Download or read book Hindu Goddesses written by David Kinsley and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hindu 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.

Invoking Goddesses

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Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Invoking Goddesses by : Nilima Chitgopekar

Download or read book Invoking Goddesses written by Nilima Chitgopekar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion different Indian goddesses are studied spanning many millennia using detailed linguistic analysis of hymns, prayers; iconography, inscriptions, actual ritual performances and interviews of practitioners.

Goddessess [sic] in Ancient India

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Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780391029606
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (296 download)

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Book Synopsis Goddessess [sic] in Ancient India by : Prithvi Kumar Agrawala

Download or read book Goddessess [sic] in Ancient India written by Prithvi Kumar Agrawala and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hindu Goddesses

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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1802071342
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Book Synopsis Hindu Goddesses by : Lynn Foulston

Download or read book Hindu Goddesses written by Lynn Foulston and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the diversity of Hindu goddesses and the variety of ways in which they are worshipped. Although they undoubtedly have ancient origins, Hindu goddesses and their worship is still very much a part of the fabric of religious engagement in India today. This book offers an introduction to a complex and often baffling field of study.