Tara, the second Mahavidya of the Sakta pantheon, is an extremely popular goddess of the Hindus in eastern India, particularly in Assam and West Bengal. This documentation will help a researcher to make a thorough investigation into the Brahmanical cult of Tara, especially, in the background of cultural and ideological developments of India. The Ist Chapter presents a survey of the development of the concepts of the Mother Goddess in ancient India as gleaned from textual and archaeological sources, vis-a-vis the seedling of the godhead of Tara in her pleasant and terrible forms. The IInd chapter comprises a catalogue of 265 antique images of Tara. It outlines their antiquity and provenance. The IIIrd chapter includes: (i) Sanskrit (roman) text, with English translation of the Taratantra, selections from the Rudrayamala and the Brahmayamala – (ii) summaries in English of 26 primary texts of the Brahmanical cult of Tara; (iii) descriptive union catalogue of manuscripts of 150 Sanskr
1857 Rao Tula Ram: The Hero of Yadu Dynasty: Genealogical Tables, Seals, Coins, and Maps of India and Rao Tula Ram
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