Author: Dines Chandra SircarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Sakta Pithas
Author: Dines Chandra SircarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Śākta Pīṭhas
Author: Dineschandra SircarPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120808799
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The holy places associated with the Mother Goddess and spread over various parts of the indian subcontinent have been popular pilgrim spots for a long time. According to some late Tantric texts ascribable to Eastern India, the number of such Sakta-Tirthas is fifty-one and the present monograph is a dissertation on the origin and development of this conception. Thus it is at the same time the study of a number of Tantric and other texts as well as of certain problems of Tantric religion and of historical geography. It is unique in its approach because Tantra Studies have not progressed satisfactorily so far on scientific lines.
The Śākta Pīṭhas
Author: Dinesh-Candra SircarPublisher:
ISBN: 9780842605908
Category : Siva (Hindu deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sakta Pithas
Author: H. C. DasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Odisha (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
On pilgrims of Shaktism and cult of Śakti, Hindu deity in Orissa, India.
Hindu Goddesses
Author: Lynn FoulstonPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1802071342
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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.
Religious Institutions and Cults in the Deccan, C. A.D. 600-A.D. 1000
Author: Ramendra Nath NandiPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9780842605649
Category : Deccan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Devoted to the Goddess
Author: Malcolm McLeanPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791436899
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Examines the legendary life and poetic works of Ramprasad, the eighteenth-century Bengali devotee of the Goddess, whose songs were influential in his own time and remain popular today.
Researches Into the History and Civilization of the Kirātas
Author: G. P. SinghPublisher: Gyan Publishing House
ISBN: 9788121202817
Category : Kiranti (Asian people)
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The kiratas janapadas, kingdoms, principalities, urban culture, subjugation by the contemporary rulers, dynastic rule in northern India and Nepal, based on a large number of rare sources have received extensive and deep attention in a subtle and penetrating way. The author has brought to light several valuable facets relating. The work is based on interdisciplinary research. The author has critically examined the relevance of historical, anthropological and linguistic data. The work is of immense academic value not only for historians but also for anthropologists and linguists.
Devi
Author: John Stratton HawleyPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520916298
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
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.
Reflections on the Tantras
Author: Sudhakar ChattopadhyayaPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120806917
Category : Bijas
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The brochur touches upon all the principal precepts of Tantra, especially the esotric practices. an account of the Sakta pithas has also been given in the background of the ethnological divisions of India. New light has been thrown on the origin of bija, mantra and gayatrt occurring in Tantric works. The study may be regarded as a new one, since scientific discussion of Tantricism has not yet progressed so far satisfactorily, especially from the point of view of the Tantrics themselves.