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"Nowhere
is the feminine dimension of the divine more omnipresent,
vibrant and alive than in Hinduism. Lynn Foulston's work stands
out through its great attention to local details relating
to their diverse locations, their rich phenomenology, here
documented by new visual evidence, their presence and power
in people's lives, and the joyous celebration of their existence
and influence through numerous rituals and festivities.
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THE FEET OF THE GODDESS
Printed
Pages -
Price Rs. - 595.00
ISBN 81-87138-71-8
Size 140 X 215 mm
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It is a joy to read this book, and it is a challenge to ponder its
evidence, for many of its nuanced observation and conclusions raise
questions about earlier goddess research and invite us to new evaluation
of the significance of dynamic goddess beliefs and practices in
Indian culture". Professor Ursula King university of Bristol.
Huddled under trees, at the edge of a water tank or at the center
of a busting settlement, the divine feminine in the form of local
goddesses pervades and characterizes local Hindu religion. Found
in a variety than the lofty orthodox goddess, supply the daily spiritual
sustenance that keeps heart and soul together for the mass of the
Hindu population. "At the feet of the Goddess: the divine feminine
in local Hindu religion" is an investigation of local Hinduism.
It embraces ritual, worship and iconography, rather than philosophy
and metaphysics, in two communities. In each of these sites, as
is common within many local worship is based in ritual and grounded
in tradition that may not be fully comprehended by its adherents,
it is female deities that predominate. Although local worship is
based on ritual and grounded in tradition that may not be fully
comprehended by its adherents, it is also partly based in, and is
a reflection of, a more complex metaphysical undercurrent. Local
goddesses, in particular, while representing anthropomorphized figures
for the majority of their devotes, are concurrently the personifications
of the abstract concept of sakti-female energy. This book, which
contains colour plate illustrations of temple shrines and goddess,
is a major event in the study of goddess belief and practice India.
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