Devi, the Mother-Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Devi, the Mother-Goddess write by Devdutt Pattanaik. This book was released on 2000. Devi, the Mother-Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Takes readers through Shakta imagery, philosophy, beliefs, customs, history, folklore and myth. This book includes tales of Adi-Maya-Shakti, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Parvati, Kali, Durga as well as several village-goddesses such as Kanyakumari, Vaishnav-devi, Bahucharmata and heroines such as Anasuya, Arundhati and Savitri.
Devi
Devi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Devi write by Vidya Dehejia. This book was released on 1999. Devi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Devi, the Great Goddess of India, is beautiful, beneficent, terrifying, all-powerful, and glorious. Ubiquitous in India's social and spiritual fabric, she has, over the millennia, been painted, sculpted, carved, and wrought from silver and bronze in myriad shapes and forms. Devi: The Great Goddess brings together 120 of these diverse examples of Devi and a group of distinguished essayists who explore facets of Devi worship and tradition, including ritual, architecture, literature, history, and contemporary issues such as feminism and gender politics. The book appeals to readers compelled by the exploration and interpretation of the art, religion, and history of India."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Tulasi Devi: The Goddess of Devotion
Tulasi Devi: The Goddess of Devotion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tulasi Devi: The Goddess of Devotion write by Sarvaga. This book was released on 2015-05-22. Tulasi Devi: The Goddess of Devotion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tulasi, Or The Incomparable One, Has Been Worshipped For Thousands Of Years In India As An Embodiment Of The Divine Mother On Earth. This Book Explores Tulasi's Vast Medicinal Applications In Ayurveda And Modern Medicine, Cultivation In Diverse Climates Around The World, Ancient Legends, Traditional Worship, And Personal Experiences. Additionally, It Offers Insights Into The Significance Of Tulasi In The Journey Of Reawakening A Harmonious Relationship With Mother Nature. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.
Devi
Devi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Devi write by Mr̥ṇāla Pāṇḍe. This book was released on 1996. Devi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Writer and journalist Mrinal Pande sees in strong passionate women who defy the strictures of a male-dominated world, shades of the Goddess. There were many such women in her life, women who succeeded beyond the expectations of men. First, there was her forceful mother, the writer Shivani. Then came Badi Amma, the most colourful woman in this book, her domineering, intellectual aunt. There were the friends who silently lived lives of emotional deprivation till they opted out of the world altogether. There were women who made the news--among them prostitutes, activists and reformers. And there were also the women who preyed on men, in conscious contempt of their vulnerability in the grip of sexual passion. In all these women, the writer sees the original Devi, created by the Gods to quell the forces of evil that they had themselves failed to contain, but quickly dismissed by them once victory was theirs. But the Devi keeps coming back in a myriad manifestations of herself, sorrowing, vengeful, but always the prime mover in the lives of men through the ages...
In Praise of the Goddess
In Praise of the Goddess - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In Praise of the Goddess write by . This book was released on 2003-12-01. In Praise of the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. About 16 centuries ago, an unknown Indian author or authors gathered together the diverse threads of already ancient traditions and wove them into a verbal tapestry that today is still the central text for worshippers of the Hindu Devi, the Divine Mother. This spiritual classic, the Devimahatmya, addresses the perennial questions of the nature of the universe, humankind, and divinity. How are they related, how do we live in a world torn between good and evil, and how do we find lasting satisfaction and inner peace? These questions and their answers form the substance of the Devimahatmya. Its narrative of a dispossessed king, a merchant betrayed by the family he loves, and a seer whose teaching leads beyond existential suffering sets the stage for a trilogy of myths concerning the all-powerful Divine Mother, Durga, and the fierce battles she wages against throngs of demonic foes. In these allegories, her adversaries represent our all-too-human impulses toward power, possessions, and pleasure. The battlefields symbolize the field of human consciousness on which our lives' dramas play out in joy and sorrow, in wisdom and folly. The Devimahatmya speaks to us across the ages of the experiences and beliefs of our ancient ancestors. We sense their enchantment at nature's bounty and their terror before its destructive fury, their recognition of the good and evil in the human heart, and their understanding that everything in our experience is the expression of a greater reality, personified as the Divine Mother.
