Woman and Goddess in Hinduism - 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 Woman and Goddess in Hinduism write by T. Pintchman. This book was released on 2011-08-29. Woman and Goddess in Hinduism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offering multilayered explorations of Hindu understandings of the Feminine, both human and divine, this book emphasizes theological and activist methods and aims over historical, anthropological, and literary ones.
The Goddess in India
The Goddess in India - 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 The Goddess in India write by Devdutt Pattanaik. This book was released on 2000-09-01. The Goddess in India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first exhaustive collection of goddess mythologies from India. • Explores the evolution of goddess worship in India over 4,000 years. • Stunning color photographs illustrate many stories of goddess lore never before available in one collection. In India it is said that there is a goddess in every village, a nymph in every lake. Demonesses stand guard on village frontiers, ogresses howl on crossroads, and untamed forests resound with the laughter of celestial virgins. It is a land of mysterious Apsaras and seductive Yakshinis, of terrifying Dakinis and wise Yoginis--each with a story to tell. In this wide-reaching exploration of ancient Hindu lore and legends, author Devdutt Pattanaik discovers how earth, women and goddesses have been perceived over 4,000 years. Some of the tales recounted are revered classics, others are common and folklorish, often held in disdain by priests. Until now, most have remained hidden, isolated in distant hamlets or languishing in forgotten libraries, overwhelmed by the din of masculine sagas. As the tales come to light through word and stunning color imagery, the author identifies the five faces given to the eternal feminine as man sought to unlock the mysteries of life: the female half of existence is at first identified with Nature, gradually deified and eventually objectified. She comes to be seen as the primal mother, fountainhead of life and nurturance. The all-giving mother then transforms into the dancing nymph, a seductress offering worldly pleasures that bind man in the cycle of life. As this nymph is domesticated, the dominant image of woman becomes the chaste wife with miraculous powers. Finally the submissive consort redefines herself as the wild and terrifying goddess who does battle, drinks blood, and demands appeasement. Exploring mysteries of gender and biology, and shedding light on the roots of taboos and traditions practiced in India today, the author shows how the image of the Mother Goddess can be both worshipped and feared when she carries the face of mortal woman.
Hindu Goddesses
Hindu Goddesses - 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 Hindu Goddesses write by David Kinsley. This book was released on 1998. Hindu Goddesses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hindu Goddesses is a valuable sourcebook and reference work for students and scholars of Hindu goddesses and of Hinduism in general. Each goddess is dealt with as an independent deity with a coherent mythology, theology and, in some cases, cult of her own. Within the complex, diverse, and rich goddess traditions of Hinduism, one can find suggestions of nearly every important theme in the Hindu religion. In many ways, this book is as much a study of the Hindu tradition itself as it is a study of one aspect of that tradition. No other living religious tradition has displayed such an ancient, continuous, and diverse history of goddess worship.
Daughters of the Goddess
Daughters 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 Daughters of the Goddess write by Linda Johnsen. This book was released on 1994. Daughters of the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book takes us along on a search for the feminine face of God. We travel with Linda Johnsen for a fascinating investigation of the great women saints of India who manifest the divine in their lives. Together with her we comb the scriptures, meet the holy ones, and are led, step by step, to sit in awe at the feet of six remarkable, contemporary women.
Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess
Inventing and Reinventing 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 Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess write by Sree Padma. This book was released on 2014-07-03. Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Popular religion in village India is overwhelmingly dominated by goddess worship. Goddesses can be nationally well-known like Durga or Kali, or they can be an obscure deity who is only known in a particular rural locale. The origins of a goddess can be both ancient—with many transitions or amalgamations with other cults having occurred along the way—and very recent. While some have tribal origins, others sprout up overnight due to a vivid dream. Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Divinities on the Move looks at the nature of how and why goddesses are invented and reinvented historically in India and how social hierarchy, gender differences, and modernity play roles in these emerging religious phenomena.
