Mother of my heart, daughter of my dreams : Kālī and Umā in the devotional poetry of Bengal /
This text chronicles the rise and subsequent fortunes of goddess worship (Saktism) in the region of Bengal from the middle of the 18th century to the present. McDermott places the advent of the Sakta lyric in its historical context.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This text chronicles the rise and subsequent fortunes of goddess worship (Saktism) in the region of Bengal from the middle of the 18th century to the present. McDermott places the advent of the Sakta lyric in its historical context. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 437 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195134354 9780195134353 1280530863 9781280530869 |