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1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Setting the stage ; Textual issues ; Summary of the book -- The feminine principle in the Vedas. Cosmogony, cosmology, and goddesses in the Vedas ; Saṃhitās ; Brāhmaṇas ; Upaniṛads -- Prakq̣ti, Māyā, and Śakti: the feminine principle in philosophical discourse. Prakq̣ti ; Māyā ; Śakti -- The feminine principle in Purāṇic cosmogony and cosmology. Introduction to the goddess materials in the epics and Purāṇas ; The devil-Māhātmya ; Cosmogony and goddesses in the Purāṇas ; Primary creation (Sarga): basic cosmogony ; Secondary creation (Pratisarga) ; The explicit introduction of the feminine element in creation: Prakq̣ti/Śakti as the consort of God ; Integration of the feminine principle in accounts of cosmogony: Sarga and Pratisarga -- Concluding remarks. Resume ; Further implications of the study: historical and socio-political implications ; Further implications of the study: cultural implications. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hindu goddesses.
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Hindu goddesses. |
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God (Hinduism)
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God (Hinduism) |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pintchman, Tracy. Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu tradition. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1994 0791421112 (DLC) 93040617 (OCoLC)29477853 |
| ISBN |
058506265X (electronic book) |
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9780585062655 (electronic book) |
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0791421112 |
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0791421120 |
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9780791421116 |
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9780791421123 (paperback) |
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