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Indian Mother Goddess/ Bhattacharyya,N.N.

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TextPublication details: New Delhi: Manohar Pubns, 1999Edition: 3Description: 363ISBN: 8173043248DDC classification: 294.52114

Contents:

Introduction Development of the Conception Mother Goddess and the Cults and Rituals of Fertility Mothen Goddess and Agricultural Myths Mother Goddess and Female Dominated Societies The Mothers: Forms of the Cult Earth and Corn Mothers The Protectress of Children The City Goddesses The Goddess and the Animal World The Goddesses of Disease The War Goddesses The Goddesses of Mountains, Lakes and Rivers The Blood-thirsty Goddesses The Tribal Divinities Mother Goddesses in Literary and Mythological Records Prologue Goddesses of Egypt and Western Asia Goddesses of Greece and Asia Minor Goddesses of Mesopotamia and Iran Goddesses in the Vedic Literature of India Goddesses in the Epics Goddesses in Jain and Buddhist Literature Goddesses in South Indian Literature Goddesses in the Puranas Goddesses in other Literary Works Goddesses in Some Epigraphical Records Mother Goddesses in Archaeology The Earliest Archaeological Specimens The Harappan Goddess and Her Western Counterparts The Vedic and Post-Vedic Cults Specializations: The Gupta Age MahisamardinT and other Forms of Durga Uma, Parvati, etc. Laksm! and SarasvatT Matrkas, YoginTs, etc. Other Forms of the Goddess and their Shrines Buddhist and Jain Goddesses Mother Goddess and the Advanced Religious Systems Mother Goddess and Christianity Mother Goddess and Taoism Mother Goddess and Buddhism : Mother Goddess and Vaisijavism Mother Goddess and !§aivism Mother Goddess and Tantric Saktism Appendices I. Regional Distribution of the Goddess Cult The Epics and Puranas on Places Sacred to the Devt The Dev! Shrines in Earlier Tantras and Purapa The 108 Holy Resorts of the Mother Goddess Some Important Sites and Toponyms The Sakta PTthas II. The Female-Dominated Societies Economic Basis of the Social Domination of Sexes Anthropologists on the Concept of Mother-right Female-dominated Societies in Ancient Traditions The Women's Kingdoms in India Matriliny in Indian Societies Matrilocal Marriage in India The Philosophical Sahkhya Two Important Views The Non-Vedic Current III. Fertility Rites as the Basis of Tantrieism Prologue: The Tantric Sex Rites Fertility Rites of the Vedic Age Rites de Passage Fertility and Funeral Rites The Ritual of Wine Female Principle in Rituals IV. The Realm of Kamakhya

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Introduction
Development of the Conception
Mother Goddess and the Cults and Rituals of Fertility
Mothen Goddess and Agricultural Myths
Mother Goddess and Female Dominated Societies
The Mothers: Forms of the Cult
Earth and Corn Mothers
The Protectress of Children
The City Goddesses
The Goddess and the Animal World
The Goddesses of Disease
The War Goddesses
The Goddesses of Mountains, Lakes and Rivers
The Blood-thirsty Goddesses
The Tribal Divinities
Mother Goddesses in Literary and Mythological Records
Prologue
Goddesses of Egypt and Western Asia
Goddesses of Greece and Asia Minor
Goddesses of Mesopotamia and Iran
Goddesses in the Vedic Literature of India
Goddesses in the Epics
Goddesses in Jain and Buddhist Literature
Goddesses in South Indian Literature
Goddesses in the Puranas
Goddesses in other Literary Works
Goddesses in Some Epigraphical Records
Mother Goddesses in Archaeology
The Earliest Archaeological Specimens
The Harappan Goddess and Her Western Counterparts
The Vedic and Post-Vedic Cults
Specializations: The Gupta Age
MahisamardinT and other Forms of Durga
Uma, Parvati, etc.
Laksm! and SarasvatT
Matrkas, YoginTs, etc.
Other Forms of the Goddess and their Shrines
Buddhist and Jain Goddesses
Mother Goddess and the Advanced Religious Systems
Mother Goddess and Christianity
Mother Goddess and Taoism
Mother Goddess and Buddhism :
Mother Goddess and Vaisijavism
Mother Goddess and !§aivism
Mother Goddess and Tantric Saktism
Appendices
I. Regional Distribution of the Goddess Cult
The Epics and Puranas on Places Sacred to the Devt
The Dev! Shrines in Earlier Tantras and Purapa
The 108 Holy Resorts of the Mother Goddess
Some Important Sites and Toponyms
The Sakta PTthas
II. The Female-Dominated Societies
Economic Basis of the Social Domination of Sexes
Anthropologists on the Concept of Mother-right
Female-dominated Societies in Ancient Traditions
The Women's Kingdoms in India
Matriliny in Indian Societies
Matrilocal Marriage in India
The Philosophical Sahkhya
Two Important Views
The Non-Vedic Current
III. Fertility Rites as the Basis of Tantrieism
Prologue: The Tantric Sex Rites
Fertility Rites of the Vedic Age
Rites de Passage
Fertility and Funeral Rites
The Ritual of Wine
Female Principle in Rituals
IV. The Realm of Kamakhya

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