The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
8170305217
Length
xii+288p., Notes; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
Subjects
This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of sakti (creative energy), many (objective illusion), and prakrti (materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology.... The first two chapters of this study clarify the historical background from which the relevant associations emerge. Chapter one explores the mythology of the Vedas, in which different ...
