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This book explains how Hindus think about divinity in its feminine aspect, as the supreme creative energy of the cosmos. That energy is a single abstract idea but manifests itself in many forms, each imagined as a goddess with particular powers and functions.
Cosmological, devotional, and social perspectives on the Hindu goddess / Tracy Pintchman -- From magic to deity, matter to persona : the exaltation of Maya / Bihani Sarkar -- Lalim, the graceful and enchanting goddess of Kaficipuram / Sanjukta Gupta -- Śrī/Lakşmī: goddess of plenitude and ideal of womanhood / Mandakranta Bose -- The elusive sarasvatī : a goddess, a river, and the search for the universal in the particular / Elizabeth Mary Rohlman - Rādhā : lover and beloved of Kṛṣṇia / Tracy Coleman -- Sītā : enduring example for women / Heidi R. Pauwels -- Here are the daughters : reclaiming the girl child (Kanyā, Bālā, Kumārī) in the empowering tales and rituals of Śākta Tantra / Madhu Khanna -- Becoming a Living Goddess / Brenda Beck -- Bathukamma : the folk-song tradition of the flower goddess of Telangana in South India / Prabhavati C. Reddy -- A goddess from Bengal : Devi Manasa, Goddess of serpents / Krishna Datta -- Domestication of the disorderly devī : The Caṇḍī Maṅgalakāvya of Bengal / Saswati Sengupta -- A "Muslim" poet in the lap of a "Hindu" mother : Kazi Nazrul Islam and the Goddess Kālī / Rachel Fell McDermott -- The divine mother comes to Michigan / Tracy Pintchman.
Includes bibliographical references and index.