Victory to the Mother The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol

Name: Victory to the Mother The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
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ISBN: 9780195070156

ISBN-10: 0195070151

ISBN-13: 9780195070156

Edition: 1993

Authors: Kathleen M. Erndl

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The worship of Devi (the Goddess) is one of the most vigorous and visible religious phenomena in north-west India today. In this ground-breaking field-based study, Kathleen Erndl uses interviews, participant observations, and textual analysis to explore the nature of the Goddess and her devotees' experience of her.

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List price: $99.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/11/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.27" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

KATHLEEN M. ERNDL is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University and author of Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol.



Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration


Introduction



Divine Materialism



Speaking of the Goddess



The Call of the Goddess



Waking the Goddess



The Play of the Goddess



The Goddess and Popular Culture Contemporary Perspectives



The Goddess as an Enduring Presence


Notes


Bibliography


Index