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Title The graceful guru : Hindu female gurus in India and the United States / edited by Karen Pechilis.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Description xi, 260 pages ; 25 cm
Note Based partly on a panel presented by the RISA at the AAR meeting in Boston, 1999.
Contents Introduction: Hindu female gurus in historical and philosophical context / Karen Pechilis -- Sita Devi, an early Vaishnava guru / Rebecca J. Manring -- The life of Gauri Ma / Carol S. Anderson -- Anandamayi Ma, the bliss-filled divine mother / Lisa Lassell Hallstrom -- Fusion of the soul: Jayashri Ma and the primordial mother / June McDaniel -- Mother Meera, avatar / Cathrine Cornille -- Gurus and goddesses, deities and devotees / Vasudha Narayanan -- Shree Ma of Kamakkhya / Loriliai Biernacki -- Ammachi, the mother of compassion / Selva J. Raj -- Gurumayi, the play of Shakti and guru / Karen Pechilis.
Subject Hindu women saints -- Biography.
Hindu women saints.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Gurus -- India -- Biography.
Gurus.
India.
Women in Hinduism.
Women in Hinduism.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Biographies.
Added Author Pechilis, Karen.
American Academy of Religion. Religion in South Asia Section.
American Academy of Religion. Meeting (1999 : Boston, Mass.)
ISBN 0195145372 cloth alkaline paper
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