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Indian Mother Goddess de N. N. Bhattacharyya

Indian Mother Goddess

Autor N. N. Bhattacharyya
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 1998
. . . you have not only collected a great deal of very important material but have also organized them wonderfully well and this from a carefully worked out sociological approach. This has given us a really fine study in comparative religion, which you have brought a modern mind to work upon.' Niharranjan Ray, renowned Indologist, on the first edition. Encouraged by the reception the first edition received, the author expanded its scope and coverage and the second edition included the following chapters: Introduction; The Mothers: Forms of the Cult; Mother Goddesses in Literary and Mythological Records; Mother Goddesses in Archaeology; and Mother Goddesses and the Advanced Religious Systems. In addition, there were three appendices, viz., Regional Distribution of the Goddess Cult; The Female-Dominated Societies; and Fertility Rites as the Basis of Tantricism. To further enrich the work two more appendices, viz., The Realm of Kamakhya, and Important Puranic Goddesses, along with an updated bibliography have been added in the present (Third) edition. The study, a standard work on the subject, correlates the cult of Indian Mother Goddess with similar cults found in different parts of the world. It reveals interesting historical processes working behind the origin and development of the cult. It further highlights its popularity among the masses, specially among the lower order, its functional role in space and time and its entry into the so called higher forms of religious systems of India and abroad. The study is marked by the author's accent on comparative treatment and on the social basis of religious ideas and deft handling of a bewildering variety of sources.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9788173043246
ISBN-10: 8173043248
Pagini: 380
Dimensiuni: 145 x 225 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:3 Rev ed.
Editura: Manohar Publishers
Colecția Manohar Publishers (IND)

Cuprins

Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction: Development of the conception; Mother Goddess and the Cults and Rituals of Fertility; Mother Goddess and Agricultural Myths; Mother Goddess and Female Dominated Societies; The Mothers: Forms of the Cult: Earth and Corn Mothers; The Protectress of Children; The City Goddesses; The Goddess and the Animal World; The Goddesses of Disease; The War Goddesses; The Goddesses of Mountains, Lakes and Rivers; The Blood-thirsty Goddesses; The Tribal Divinites; Mother Goddesses in Literary and Mythological Records: Prologue; Goddesses of Egypt and Western Asia; Goddesses of Greece and Asia Minor; Goddesses of Mesopotamia and Iran; Goddesses in the Vedic Literature of India; Goddesses in the Epics; Goddesses in Jain and Buddhist Literature; Goddesses in South Indian Literature; Goddesses in the Puranas; Goddesses in other Literary Works; Goddesses in Some Epigraphical Records; Mother Goddesses in Archaeology: The Earliest Archaeological Specimens; the Harappan Goddess and Her Western Counterparts; The Vedic and Post-Vedic Cults; Specializations: The Gupta Age; Mahisamardini and other Forms of Durga; Uma, Parvati, etc.; Laksmi and Sarasvati; Matrkas, Yoginis, etc. Other Forms of the Goddess and their Shrines; Buddhist and Jain Goddesses; Mother Goddess and the Advanced Religious Systems: Mother Goddess and Christianity; Mother Goddess and Taoism; Mother Goddess and Buddhism; Mother Goddess and Vaisnavism; Mother Goddess and Saivism; Mother Goddess and Tantric Saktism; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.