Cult of The Goddess
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Detail Of Cult of The Goddess
| ISBN | 9788124607978 |
| Pages | 704 |
| Language: | English |
| Product Code: | 1 |
| Size(in cm): | 11.5 inch x 8.5 inch cm |
| Weight(in grams): | 2600(approx) |
Description:
Contents
Foreword
v
Prologue
vii-ix
Preface
xi-xv
Introduction
1-14
Historical and Literary Tradition
1.
Kali in Bengali Popular Psyche: Continuity and Change
15-44
2.
Astronomical Significance of the Iconography of Goddess Durga
45-56
3.
Musical Goddess in Buddhism
57-65
4.
Royal Symbolism of the Prajnaparamita of Ta Prohm
66-75
5.
Sabari
76-82
6.
The Evidence of a Goddess: The Cult of Tara, Trade and Patronage in Early Ladakh
83-100
7.
The Journey of Goddess Tara: Adoption and Adaption of a Buddhist Goddess in Hindu Tantric Worship
101-120
8.
The Wonder that is Chinnamasta
121-151
9.
Goddess in Vietnam: A Study of Mahisasuramardini
152-174
10.
The Supreme is Female
175-187
11.
Vedic Goddess
188-200
12.
Goddess Varahi in Saktism and Tantric Saktism
201-210
13.
Raudra and Saumya Aspects of the Goddess: A Study of two Icons from the Camba Valley
211-229
14.
Inversion of Feminine Beauty as an Expression of Terror: Orissan Images of Seated Camunda
230-261
15.
Mahisasuramardini
262-284
16.
Goddess Durga in Indian Miniatures
285-294
17.
The Renaissance Madonna in Mughal Art: The San Diego Madonna and Child Attributed to Basawan
295-308
18.
Gaja-Laksmi: Coexisting Goddess in Buddhist Art and Culture
309-357
Goddess in Folk Tradition
19.
Kadamkottu Makkam
358-371
20.
Dancing in Circles: Representation of Radha in Rasalila Performance of Braj
372-384
21.
Divine Marriage of the Goddess
385-403
22.
Given to the Goddess: Cult of Yellamma
404-413
23.
Sammakka Saralamma Jathara: Medaram Goddess Cult in Andhra Pradesh
414-420
24.
Saptamatrka in Rural South India
421-429
25.
Isaki Amman Worship in Southern Tamil Nadu
430-444
26.
Durga Puja at the British Museum
445-451
27.
Goddess Manasa and Behula-Lakhindar
452-464
28.
Bonabibi of Sundarbans
465-477
29.
Folk Goddess of Bengal
478-493
30.
Cult of the Mother Goddess in North-East India
494-509
31.
Goddess of Orissa
510-521
32.
Bhudevi and the Gaia Hypothesis: Revival of a Cult
522-538
33.
Salabhanjika: The Tree Goddess
539-546
34.
Gender and Nation: From Bharati to Bharata Mata
547-556
35.
Mother India: Image of Woman and Nation
557-569
36.
Cult of the Goddess and Cult of the Public
570-592
37.
Goddess in Popular Culture
593-607
38.
The Goddess Steps Out of the Iconographic Frame
608-618
39.
Green Goddess
619-630
40.
Manusi Swaccha Narayani: Avatar of a Secular Goddess
631-654
41.
Durga Puja: Goddess and Changing Mores
655-666
List of Contributors
667-676
Index
677-704
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