Myth, Cult and Symbols in Śākta Hinduism

Myth, Cult and Symbols in Śākta Hinduism
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Publisher : Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Limited
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 8121510406
ISBN-13 : 9788121510400
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Book Synopsis Myth, Cult and Symbols in Śākta Hinduism by : Wendell Charles Beane

Download or read book Myth, Cult and Symbols in Śākta Hinduism written by Wendell Charles Beane and published by Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Significantly this book shows, by using a triangulation of methods (historical, phenomenological, and structural), what it is to live in a universe of meaning centered by the idea that the ultimate reality is grounded in a female principle. It provides a framework for uniting Hindu goddess-worship in all its sacred manifestations. The work uses the name Durga-Kali (via Mircea Eliade) as a vital focus for linking together tribal, popular (bhakti) and Brahmanic (Tantric) traditions. The author's approach also allows for the integration of the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of human life into a whole, - indeed - a unique type of balance. Though many subsequent highly specialized studies have enlarged upon aspects of its basic theme, this is the work that by and large launched a host of recent studies in the west aimed at helping those outside of the world of Sakta Hinduism to appreciate the wonder of its mythic cosmologies, cultic practices, and symbolic expressions.

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