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Vicissitudes of the Goddess : reconstructions of the Gramadevata in India's religious traditions / Sree Padma.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780199325047
  • 0199325049
  • 9780199369003
  • 0199369003
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vicissitudes of the GoddessDDC classification:
  • 294.5/2114095484 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1216.4.A54 S74 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Goddess explained, perspectives from the West -- Contextualizing the fertility goddess and the Gramadevata -- Fertility symbols of goddesses : historical renderings and contemporary practices -- Profiles of anthropomorphic goddesses in myth, ritual, and history -- Bala Perantalu : auspicious virgin mothers -- Perantalu : auspicious wives -- Deifying victimised women : sacrifices and murders.
Summary: Drawing on archaeological, artistic, sculptural and inscriptional sources and participant/observer insights, Sree Padma reconstructs a history of goddess worship in India from ancient times (before the rise of Buddhism and bhakti) to contemporary cults of deified women.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)636956

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Goddess explained, perspectives from the West -- Contextualizing the fertility goddess and the Gramadevata -- Fertility symbols of goddesses : historical renderings and contemporary practices -- Profiles of anthropomorphic goddesses in myth, ritual, and history -- Bala Perantalu : auspicious virgin mothers -- Perantalu : auspicious wives -- Deifying victimised women : sacrifices and murders.

Print version record.

Drawing on archaeological, artistic, sculptural and inscriptional sources and participant/observer insights, Sree Padma reconstructs a history of goddess worship in India from ancient times (before the rise of Buddhism and bhakti) to contemporary cults of deified women.

English.