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The Devī Gītā

Author : C. Mackenzie Brown
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791497739

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This book provides a translation, with introduction, commentary, and annotation, of the medieval Hindu Sanskrit text the Devi Gita (Song of the Goddess). It is an important but not well-known text from the rich SAakta (Goddess) tradition of India. The Devi Gita was composed about the fifteenth century C.E., in partial imitation of the famous Bhagavad Gita (Song of the Lord), composed some fifteen centuries earlier. Around the sixth century C.E., following the rise of several male deities to prominence, a new theistic movement began in which the supreme being was envisioned as female, known as the Great Goddess (Maha-Devi). Appearing first as a violent and blood-loving deity, this Goddess gradually evolved into a more benign figure, a compassionate World-Mother and bestower of salvific wisdom. It is in this beneficent mode that the Goddess appears in the Devi Gita. This work makes available an up-to-date translation of the Devi Gita, along with a historical and theological analysis of the text. The book is divided into sections of verses, and each section is followed by a comment explaining key terms, concepts, ritual procedures, and mythic themes. The comments also offer comparisons with related schools of thought, indicate parallel texts and textual sources of verses in the Devi Gita, and briefly elucidate the historical and religious background, supplementing the remarks of the introduction.

Brahma Purana 1: English Translation only without Slokas

Author : Kausiki Books
Publisher : Kausiki Books
Page : 1069 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Brahma Purana 1: English Translation only without Slokas by Kausiki Books Pdf

Brahma Purana is one of the most fundamental Puranas and covers all the 5 elements that a Purana was meant to have: Sarga (Creation), Prati Sarga (Creation merging back into the Paramatma), Vamsas (Generations of Rishis and Devas), Manvantaras (Narrations of great kings including those of Surya Vamsa and Chandra Vamsa). Brahma Purana proposes Bhagwan Vishnu as the Ultimate Parabrahma It contains about 246 5 chapters and has a supplemental text known as Gautami Mahatmya that describes the glory of the river Godavari in detail. The glory of Purushottama Kshetra (Puri Jagannath temple) is explained in detail. 11 chapters are dedicated to Yoga (as in meditation; not physical exercises). Structure of Brahma Purana * Chapters 1: 4: General lineage of Devas * Chapters 5: 7 Solar dynasty / Surya Vamsha * Chapters 6: 15: Lunar dynasty / Chandra Vamsha * Chapters 16: 22: Geography, Solar system, Syamantaka Mani (Gem) * Chapters 23: 31: Gloark of Konaditya (Konark) and the Surya Deva including 108 names of Surya * Chapters 32: 38: Parvati's tapas. Marriage of Parvati & Siva, Daksha Yagnya * Chapters 39: 44: Glory of several holy sites including Ekamra, Utkala, Avanti * Chapters 45: 54: History of Markandeya and his vision of the Pralaya (The Great Flood) * Chapters 55: 102: Sri Krishna Avatara * Chapters 103: 126: Description of Hells, Punya, Papa, Sraddha Rituals, Dharma and Virtue * Chapters: 127: 138: Samkhya, Yoga (as in meditation; not physical exercises) and the dialogue between Vasishta & Janaka This book contains chapters 1: 138 and excludes Gautami Mahatmya (which is published as a second part)

The Triumph of the Goddess

Author : C. Mackenzie Brown
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791497777

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The authors of the Devī-Bhāgavata Purāna endeavored to demonstrate the superiority of the Devī over competing masculine deities, and to articulate in new ways the manifold nature of the Goddess. Brown's book sets out to examine how the Purana pursues these ends. The Devī-Bhāgavata employs many ancient myths and motifs from older masculine theologies, incorporating them into a thoroughly "feminized" theological framework. The text also seeks to supplant older "masculine" canonical authorities. Part I of Brown's study explores these strategies by focusing on the Purana's self-conscious endeavor to supersede the famous VaisBhagavata Purana. The Devī-Bhāgavata also re-envisions older mythological traditions about the Goddess, especially those in the first great Sanskritic glorification of the Goddess, the Devi-Mahatmya. Brown shows in Part II how this re-envisioning process transforms the Devī from a primarily martial and erotic goddess into the World-Mother of infinite compassion. Part III examines the Devi Gita, the philosophical climax of the Purana modeled upon the Bhagavad Gita. The Devi Gita, while affirming that ultimate reality is the divine Mother, avows that her highest form as consciousness encompasses all gender, thereby suggesting the final triumph of the Goddess. It is not simply that She is superior to the male gods, but rather that She transcends Her own sexuality without denying it.

Hindu God, Christian God

Author : Francis X. Clooney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-09-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198031697

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Hindu God, Christian God by Francis X. Clooney Pdf

This volume offers an in-depth study of key themes common to the Hindu and Christian religious traditions. It redefines how we think about Hinduism, comparative study, and Christian theology. This book offers a bold new look at how traditions encounter one another, and how good comparisons are to be made. Redefining theology as an interreligious, comparative, dialogical, and confessional practice open to all people, it invites not only Hindus and Christians, but also theologians from all religious traditions, to enter into conversation with one another.

The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition

Author : Tracy Pintchman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438416182

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The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition by Tracy Pintchman Pdf

This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of saakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakr(materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology.

Vamana Purana

Author : Om Nath Bimali,Kanhaiyālāla Jośī
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : IND:30000095800755

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Vamana Purana by Om Nath Bimali,Kanhaiyālāla Jośī Pdf

Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 32

Author : J.L. Shastri,S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788120838994

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Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 32 by J.L. Shastri,S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer Pdf