Heroic Shaktism by Bihani Sarkar

Heroic Shaktism by Bihani Sarkar

The first expansive historical treatment of the development of the cult of the Indian warrior goddess Durga, from the 3rd to the 12th centuries CE, as she transformed from a wild, antinomian deity to a respectable, classical symbol of kingship.

This book's eclecticism offers something to every scholar interested in the goddess tradition.. Sarkar's book considerably enhances our historical ability to recognise the goddesses at the heart of both households and state-formations in the early subcontinent. * Indrani Chatterjee, The English Historical Review *
a paradigm-shifting work that forces scholars of South Asian religions, history, and goddess traditions rethink the role of royal goddesses and kings' devotion in the broader shifts of the political process. It is essential for anyone interested in religion and kingship in Gupta/post-Gupta India. * Caleb Simmons, newbooks.asia *
[an] interesting and absorbing book ... the result of 10 years of research, is the first detailed historical study of the evolution of the cult of Durgā and the role it played in shaping civilizational ideals in India. * Pravrajika Prabuddhaprana, The Telegraph India *
Heroic Shāktism is a paradigm-shifting work that forces scholars of South Asian religions, history, and goddess traditions rethink the role of royal goddesses and kings' devotion in the broader shifts of the political process. It is essential for anyone interested in religion and kingship in Gupta/post-Gupta India. Portions might be useful for advanced undergraduate readers, but it is primarily geared toward specialists. * Caleb Simmons, University of Florida, newbooks.asia *

Bihani Sarkar undertook a D.Phil in Sanskrit at Wolfson College under the supervision of Prof. Alexis Sanderson (All Souls). After her doctorate in 2011 she was awarded a Nachwuchsinitiative Postdoctoral Fellowship by Hamburg University, Germany and then a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University in 2014. She has written on the Navarātra and its history, on dualisms in Durgā's conception in classical kāvya and on the interdependence between conceptions in Indian philosophy and aspects of Durgā's mythological depiction in the classical period. She has also written about classical Sanskrit literature, for example, about the ethics of poetic practice in 13th century Gujarat and the interplay between poetic licence and minding narrative conventions in the classical period. She is currently working on the depiction and history of the tragic in classical Sanskrit literature.

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ISBN 13	9780197266106
ISBN 10	019726610X
Title	Heroic Shaktism
Author	Bihani Sarkar
Series	British Academy Monographs
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2017-10-26
Number of pages	310
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