Devoted to the Goddess by Malcolm Mclean
The book also looks at how these poems/songs, many of which are translated here, might be read today. The author argues that many have a contemporary relevance which might appeal to many Western readers as they do to Bengalis even today.-
Encountering the Goddess
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Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds
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Lineages of Brahman Power
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Sweetening and Intensification
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The Supreme Refuge
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Dalit Journeys for Dignity
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Hindi Hindu Histories
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Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination
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The Science of Satyug
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Singing the Goddess into Place
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Silence Unheard
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Untouchable Pasts
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Living Banaras
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Essays of a Lifetime
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Female Ascetics in Hinduism
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Re-ending the Mahābhārata
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The Living and the Dead
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Engaging South Asian Religions
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The Concept of Bharatavarsha and Other Essays
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The Demon's Daughter
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Language and Style of the Vedic Ṛṣis
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Colonizing the Realm of Words
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The Encounter Never Ends
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Text and Tradition in South India
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The Character of the Self in Ancient India
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Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India
"The author presents a brief, original interpretation of one of the most important, but least studied (in English) devotees of the GoddessThe book includes copious new translations (the best and most extensive in English, so far as I know). It is well informed, based on impressive familiarity with primary and secondary sources in Bengali and with postmodern discourse, but it wears its scholarship lightly. It consistently brings that scholarship to bear on the interpretive problem at hand, without unnecessary jargon or tangents." — Thomas B. Coburn, St. Lawrence University
"I like the way the author has traced three strands in Ramprasad's concept of the Goddess: puranic/sanskritic; Bengali folk; and tantric, and argued that this melding of traditions was significant in the history of Kali worship in Bengal. The book is clearly and concisely written and treats an important figure in Hindu religious thought on the basis of Bengali materials that have not been translated or exploited by scholars." — David Kinsley, McMaster University, Ontario
Malcolm McLean is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780791436905 |
| ISBN 10 | 079143690X |
| Title | Devoted to the Goddess |
| Author | Malcolm Mclean |
| Series | Suny Series In Hindu Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1998-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 205 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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