Hindu Goddesses/ (Record no. 161937)
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| fixed length control field | 03277nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781902210438 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 29452114 |
| Item number | FOU/H |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Hindu Goddesses/ |
| Sub title | Beliefs and Practices |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Foulston Lynn |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Great Bretain: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Sunsex Academic Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 292 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Parti Beliefs<br/> Sakti - The Divine Feminine<br/>A conceptual understanding of sakti<br/>The goddess's associations with maya Tind prakrti<br/>Sakti manifested as the Mahadevi or Great Goddess<br/>Pan-Indian goddesses as personifications of sakti<br/>Essentially benign goddesses<br/>Sri-Laksmi (Goddess of Fortune)<br/>Sarasvati (The Flowing One)<br/>Parvati (She who is Born of a Mountain)<br/>Essentially fierce goddesses<br/>Durga (The One who is Beyond Reach)<br/>Kali (The Black One: The Power of Time)<br/>Local goddesses as personifications of sakti<br/>Goddesses in Textual Sources<br/>Goddesses in the Vedas<br/>Usas (Dawn)<br/>Aditi (Mother of the gods)<br/>Prthivi (Earth)<br/>Ratri (Night)<br/>Vac/Vak (Speech)<br/>Indrani (Indra's wife)<br/>Nirrti (Destruction, Disorder)<br/>Goddesses in the Mahahharata<br/>The mortal form of Ganga<br/>The creation of Mrytu (Death)<br/>The worship of Durga<br/>The goddess Kala-ratri (Death-night) in the<br/>Sauptikaparvan<br/>Goddesses in the Devi-Mahatmya<br/>Goddesses in the Sakta Puranas<br/>The Kalika Purana<br/>The Devi'Bhagavatam Purana<br/>Goddess Mythology<br/>Brahmanical mythology<br/>The descent of Ganga<br/>The churning of the milk ocean<br/>The destruction of Daksa's sacrifice and the<br/>immolation of Sati<br/>Local mythology<br/>Origin mythology<br/>Renuka myths<br/>The origin of smallpox in south India<br/>Mythology that validates local goddesses<br/>Mythology that localizes pan-Indian goddesses<br/>Goddesses originating from humans<br/>Sati<br/>Tantrism and Hindu Goddesses<br/>Defining Tantrism<br/>The historical development of Tantrism and Saktism<br/>Tantric goddesses<br/>The Matrkas (Mothers)<br/>The Saptamatrkas (Seven Mothers)<br/>Yoginis<br/>The Ten Mahavidyas<br/>A Tantric Sakta tradition - Sri Vidya<br/>Part II Practices<br/>Goddess Worship<br/>Orthodox or Pan-Indian worship of the goddess<br/>Temple worship<br/>Home worship<br/>Abhiseka: ritual bathing and decoration of the<br/>goddess<br/>Bengali devotional hhakti<br/>Ramakrishna - Kali's ultimate devotee<br/>Local worship of the goddess<br/>Snake worship<br/>Tantric worship of the goddess<br/>Nitya-Puja<br/>Kundalini Yoga<br/>Use of the panca-makaras<br/>Cremation ground rituals<br/>Goddess Festivals<br/>Orthodox goddess festivals<br/>Durga Puja<br/>Festival proceedings<br/>Laksmi Puja<br/>Kali Puja<br/>The festival Procession<br/>Local goddess festivals<br/>Mariyamman festivals and fire walking<br/>A local festival in Orissa<br/>The importance of possession in local festivals<br/>Pilgrimage to the Temples of the Goddess<br/>The importance of the River Ganges<br/>The Sakta pithas<br/>Important goddess temples<br/>Kamarupa, abode of the goddess Kamakhya<br/>The goddess Vaisno Devi in Jammu<br/>Kalighat in Bengal<br/>Minaksi, the fish-eyed goddess of Madurai<br/>Kanyakumari, the eternal virgin of Tamilnadu<br/>The Goddess in Contemporary Hinduism<br/>Bharat Mata - Mother India<br/>Vande Mataram<br/>Bharat Mata and Hindu Nationalism<br/>Santosi Ma - Mother of Satisfaction<br/>Early knowledge of Santosi Ma<br/>The importance of Jai Santosi Maa<br/>Present-day worship of Santosi Ma<br/>More new goddesses?<br/>AIDS-amma<br/>Manushi Swachha Narayani<br/>The Raj Kumari of Nepal - A living goddess:<br/>But for how long?<br/>Kumari worship in Hinduism<br/>Selection of the Raj Kumari |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | AC Sinha Collection |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 294.52114 FOU/H | P16823 | 28/09/2024 | 27/08/2024 | General Books |