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The Iconic Female: Goddesses of India, Nepal and Tibet

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The energy of the goddess fills every facet of Indian life. To her devotees, the goddess appears in myriad forms: mother, boon-giver, destroyer of evil, divine lover, protector and/or bloodthirsty ogress. The more that is discovered about her, the more teasingly complex and multivalent the Devi appears. She is both constant and changing, loved and feared, worshipped and forgotten, only to be re-discovered and worshiped again. In this book, for the first time, ten Australian researchers, working on many aspects of the Devi, have come together and offered, in a single collection, new research on the divine female. This book begins a renewed quest for the iconic Devi who continues to emerge in her many, unpredictably powerful forms.

Language: English

Pages: 230

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Monash Asia Institute

Release: November 11, 2008

ISBN: 1876924667

ISBN 13: 9781876924669

The Iconic Female: Goddesses of India, Nepal and Tibet

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The energy of the goddess fills every facet of Indian life. To her devotees, the goddess appears in myriad forms: mother, boon-giver, destroyer of evil, divine lover, protector and/or bloodthirsty ogress. The more that is discovered about her, the more teasingly complex and multivalent the Devi appears. She is both constant and changing, loved and feared, worshipped and forgotten, only to be re-discovered and worshiped again. In this book, for the first time, ten Australian researchers, working on many aspects of the Devi, have come together and offered, in a single collection, new research on the divine female. This book begins a renewed quest for the iconic Devi who continues to emerge in her many, unpredictably powerful forms.

Language: English

Pages: 230

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Monash Asia Institute

Release: November 11, 2008

ISBN: 1876924667

ISBN 13: 9781876924669

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