Triumph of the Goddess: Canonical Models and Theological Visions of the Devi Bhagavata Purana: No. 134 (Sri Garib Dass Oriental S.)

This book has to be regarded as one of the most comprehensive and yet compact studies of the Devi, ever undertaken by Western scholars. It contains the following sections~* Introduction: The Vindication of the Goddess in the Puranic TraditionPart I~ The Two Bhagavatas: Contending Revelations and Visions of the Divine— three Chapters detailing the divergent traditions;Part II~ The Two Devi-Mahatmyas: Revisions Within the Tradition—three Chapters detailing Devi's adventures and significances of particular method of story-telling adopted for them;Part III~ The Two Gitas: The Harmonization of Traditions and the Transcendence of Gender— two chapters describing the philosophy behind some of the erotic myths.* Conclusion— in this chapter the atuhor shows how Devi not only transcends the three great male Gods, but even her own feminine identity as Prakriti, to become the ultimate reality.* Appendix— probable history of the text.All these are followed by Glossary and detailed Notes.Overall, this book deserves to be read by anyone interested in understanding the growth and evolution of the Divine Feminine tradition. It's scholarly, but also very interesting thanks to the genuinely curous attitude of the writer.Highly recommended.

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