The Saktas: An Introduction and Comparative Study
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1st ed.
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8177557572
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xiv+154p., illustrations.
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Throughout India, and particularly in Bengal, there are hundreds of thousand of Saktas, and they are the product of one of the most important and widespread movements within Hinduism, a movement which, however dark some of its expressions may be, has produced some remarkable types of genuine piety, and a considerable literature. The three chief characteristics of Saktism re its idea of the Deity as Destroyer, its conception of god as Mother, and its attention to ...
