| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Setting the stage ; Textual issues ; Summary of the book -- The feminine principle in the Vedas. Cosmogony, cosmology, and goddesses in the Vedas ; Saṃhitās ; Brāhmaṇas ; Upaniṣads -- Prakṛti, Māyā, and Śakti: the feminine principle in philosophical discourse. Prakṛti ; Māyā ; Śakti -- The feminine principle in Purāṇic cosmogony and cosmology. Introduction to the goddess materials in the epics and Purāṇas ; The devil-Māhātmya ; Cosmogony and goddesses in the Purāṇas ; Primary creation (Sarga): basic cosmogony ; Secondary creation (Pratisarga) ; The explicit introduction of the feminine element in creation: Prakṛti/Śakti as the consort of God ; Integration of the feminine principle in accounts of cosmogony: Sarga and Pratisarga -- Concluding remarks. Resume ; Further implications of the study: historical and socio-political implications ; Further implications of the study: cultural implications |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hindu goddesses.
|
|
God (Hinduism)
|
|
11.92 Hinduism.
|
|
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Theology.
|
|
God (Hinduism)
|
|
Hindu goddesses
|
|
Hinduismus
|
|
Göttin
|
|
Geschichte
|
|
Godinnen.
|
|
Hindoeïsme.
|
|
Dieux hindous.
|
|
Déesses hindoues.
|
|
Mythologie hindoue.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
058506265X |
|
9780585062655 |
|
