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The Little Book of Hindu Deities

Author : Sanjay Patel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452287758
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Hindu Deities written by Sanjay Patel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pixar animator and Academy Award–nominated director Sanjay Patel (Sanjay’s Super Team) brings to life Hinduism’s most important gods and goddesses—and one sacred stone—in fun, full-color illustrations, each accompanied by a short, lively profile. The Little Book of Hindu Deities is chock-full of monsters, demons, noble warriors, and divine divas. Find out why Ganesha has an elephant’s head (his father cut his off!); why Kali, the goddess of time, is known as the “Black One” (she’s a bit goth); and what “Hare Krishna” really means. “Throw another ingredient in the American spirituality blender. Pop culture is veering into Hinduism.”—USA Today

Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess

Author : Sree Padma
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739190024
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess written by Sree Padma and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular religion in village India is overwhelmingly dominated by goddess worship. Goddesses can be nationally well-known like Durga or Kali, or they can be an obscure deity who is only known in a particular rural locale. The origins of a goddess can be both ancient—with many transitions or amalgamations with other cults having occurred along the way—and very recent. While some have tribal origins, others sprout up overnight due to a vivid dream. Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Divinities on the Move looks at the nature of how and why goddesses are invented and reinvented historically in India and how social hierarchy, gender differences, and modernity play roles in these emerging religious phenomena.

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Author : Swami Harshananda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781861188274
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Gods and Goddesses written by Swami Harshananda and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Diamond Book of Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Author : Suresh Narain Mathur
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9788128808029
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Diamond Book of Hindu Gods and Goddesses written by Suresh Narain Mathur and published by Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From more than 33 million gods & goddesses in Hindu mythology. This book has story for only more popular ones.

Hindu Gods

Author : Priya Hemenway
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811836456
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Gods written by Priya Hemenway and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hindu gods serve mankind with compassion and devotion, breathing wisdom into every aspect of life. This exquisitely illustrated book presents profiles of 30 deitiesfrom the powerful triad of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer, to the colorful supporting cast of gods such as Ganesha and Saraswati. Author Priya Hemenway tells the stories of how these gods came to be, how theyre worshipped, and how they remain forever alive in the hearts of those who seek to know themselves.

The Big Poster Book of Hindu Deities

Author : Sanjay Patel
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781452102801
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Big Poster Book of Hindu Deities written by Sanjay Patel and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-08-03 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of his Little Book of Hindu Deities and Ramayana: Divine Loophole, illustrator Sanjay Patel selected twelve popular Hindu deities to feature in this gorgeous print portfolio. Each full-color poster shows off Patel s cute-meets-modern graphic style, bringing Ganesha, Kali, Shiva, and nine other gods and goddesses into a 21st century Technicolor world. Colorful, playful, and iconic, the posters will be equally at home on a dorm room wall, office cubicle, or framed in a living room or kid s bedroom. Each poster also includes a black-and-white concept sketch on the back, along with descriptive text about the pictured deity.

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Author : W. J. Wilkins
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486431568
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Gods and Goddesses written by W. J. Wilkins and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-11-21 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hindu pantheon comprises such a multitude of gods and goddesses that even the most devout can find it difficult to remember their names and characteristics. This self-contained volume presents a comprehensive picture of the gods and goddesses commonly worshiped in India; their origins, and their related myths and legends. It covers the deities from both the Vedic and Puranic literature, as well as demons, sacred birds, and other lore, all accompanied by excellent illustrations from traditional sources.

The Book of Hindu Imagery

Author : Eva Rudy Jansen
Publisher : Binkey Kok
ISBN 13 : 9789074597074
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Hindu Imagery written by Eva Rudy Jansen and published by Binkey Kok. This book was released on 1993 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism is more than a religion; it is a way of life. Its rich and multicoloured history has made the structure of its mythical and philosophical principles into a highly differentiated maze, of which total knowledge is a practical impossibility. This volume cannot offer a complete survey of the meaning of Hinduism. It is an extensive compilation of important deities and their divine manifestations, so that modern students can understand the significance of the Hindu pantheon.

Meeting God

Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300089059
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Meeting God written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huyler provides an introduction to the scope of Hindu beliefs and practices, accompanied by his arresting photographs documenting the spirituality of common men and women in India. 200 color illustrations.

The Symbolism of Hindu Gods and Rituals

Author : A. Parthasarathy
Publisher : A. Parthasarathy
ISBN 13 : 9381094152
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Symbolism of Hindu Gods and Rituals written by A. Parthasarathy and published by A. Parthasarathy. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical text explaining the allegorical significance of gods and goddesses; rituals and festivals; invocations and prayers. It educates a spiritual aspirant with the philosophical aspect of religious practices.

Hindu Gods and Goddesses in Japan

Author : Saroj Kumar Chaudhuri
Publisher : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9788179360095
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Gods and Goddesses in Japan written by Saroj Kumar Chaudhuri and published by Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. This book was released on 2003 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism introduced many Hindu Gods and Goddesses to the Japanese. The rulers were the first to be attracted to them. Historical records show that they earnestly believed in the miracles of these divinities promised in the sutras. Many miracle stories started appearing in popular literature as the divinities percolated down to the masses. The resulting naturalisation process in the case of some divinities went to the extent that they became an integral part of the native Shinto pantheon. Their popularity remains unabated even today. The Tantric Buddhist sects also played a vital role in propagating the divinities. They regularly worshipped the divinities in their temples where people thronged in large numbers. Many steps in these ceremonies, for instance, the homa ritual, are very familiar to the present-day Hindus. The monks have also produced a considerable volume of religious literature related to these divinities. Descriptions of many divinities show that they have not changed substantially over centuries. A study of these writings also shows that a large volume of Hindu myths and legends related to these deities were transmitted to Japan. These writings are also a testimony to the way the ancestors of the present-day Hindus thought about these deities, say, around the eighth or ninth century of the Christian era.

The Hindu Pantheon

Author : Edward Moor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Hindu Pantheon written by Edward Moor and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hindu Deities Worshipped in Japan

Author : Mihoko Hiraoka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789387791312
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Hindu Deities Worshipped in Japan written by Mihoko Hiraoka and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Little Book of Hindu Deities

Author : Sanjay Patel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101657790
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Beauty, Power and Grace

Author : Krishna Dharma
Publisher : Mandala Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781608873838
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Beauty, Power and Grace written by Krishna Dharma and published by Mandala Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Replete with inspired illustrations by award-winning artists B.G. Sharma and Mahaveer Swami, Beauty, Power & Grace features Krishna Dharma’s dramatic retellings of pivotal ancient Indian stories of the many Hindu Goddesses. Adapted from ancient Sanskrit texts, the stories in Beauty, Power & Grace represent one of the most fundamental aspects of Hinduism—the innumerable manifestations of divinity. Among these, the portrayal of the Goddess is perhaps the most alluring. She appears as a devoted wife, a master of the arts, a terrifying demon slayer, a scornful critic, and a doting mother, to name just a few of her forms. In Vedic tradition, these depictions of the Goddess reflect the belief that male and female are simply different expressions of one supreme, absolute truth. These profound stories are brought together here in an exquisitely illustrated collection that reveals the various manifestations of the Goddess, ranging from the iconic to the obscure: Mother Yashoda peers into her infant’s mouth and is astonished to catch a glimpse of the entire universe; Ganga Devi, now synonymous with the sacred river, rides upon a great crocodile and purifies those whom she encounters; and Kali, adorned with a garland of skulls, drinks the blood of her victims on the battlefield. A definitive and timeless celebration of Goddess imagery, symbolism, and lore, Beauty, Power & Grace stunningly displays the fascinating intersection between color, form, and meaning at the heart of Hindu tradition.

Hindu Gods and Temples

Author : Shyam Banerji
Publisher : I. K. International Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hindu Gods and Temples written by Shyam Banerji and published by I. K. International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated presentation of the fascinating world of Hindu deities and places of worship, this book should appeal to anyone interested in Indian art and culture. The book features 47 popular images and shrines and has been pictorially embellished and extensively illustrated throughout with photographs and hand painted designs. It is a celebration of India's heritage. The first half of the book features Hindu Gods, with specially designed full page illustrations and the second half features the shrines, with full page photographs.

The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions

Author : Anway Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351063529
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions written by Anway Mukhopadhyay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Goddess, in her various puranic and tantric forms, is often figured as sitting on a corpse which is identified as Shiva-as-shava (God Shiva, the consort of the Devi and an iconic representation of the Absolute without attributes, the Nirguna Brahman). Hence, most of the existing critical works and ethnographic studies on Shaktism and the tantras have focused on the theological and symbolic paraphernalia of the corpses which operate as the asanas (seats) of the Devi in her various iconographies. This book explores the figurations of the Goddess as corpse in several Hindu puranic and Shakta-tantric texts, popular practices, folk belief systems, legends and various other cultural phenomena based on this motif. It deals with a more intricate and fundamental issue than existing works on the subject: how and why is the Devi – herself - figured as a corpse in the Shakta texts, belief systems and folk practices associated with the tantras? The issues which have been raised in this book include: how does death become a complement to life within this religious epistemology? How does one learn to live with death, thereby lending new definitions and new epistemic and existential dimensions to life and death? And what is the relation between death and gender within this kind of figuration of the Goddess as death and dead body? Analysing multiple mythic narratives, hymns and scriptural texts where the Devi herself is said to take the form of the Shava (the corpse) as well as the Shakti who animates dead matter, this book focuses not only on the concept of the theological equivalence of the Shava (Shiva as corpse) and the Shakti (Energy) in tantras but also on the status of the Divine Mother as the Great Bridge between the apparently irreconcilable opposites, the mediatrix between Spirit and Matter, death and life, existence-in-stasis and existence-in-kinesis. This book makes an important contribution to the fields of Hindu Studies, Goddess Spirituality, South Asian Religions, Women and Religion, India, Studies in Shaktism and Tantra, Cross-cultural Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Postcolonial Spirituality and Ecofeminism.