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Devi : goddesses of India
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ISBN: 0520200578 0520200586 9780520200579 9780520200586 Year: 1996 Volume: 7 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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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 Kaliancient, 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.

Tantric visions of the divine feminine : the ten mahavidyas
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ISBN: 0520204999 0520204980 9780520204997 Year: 1997 Publisher: Berkeley (CA) : University of California Press,

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