The Song of the Goddess

The Devi Gita: Spiritual Counsel of the Great Goddess
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8851-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten

A reader-friendly translation of the medieval Indian text, which presents a powerful, compassionate goddess as ruler of the universe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Brown, C. Mackenzie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note on the Text
Introduction
Translator's Note
The Devi Gita: Spiritual Counsel of the Great Goddess
1. The Appearance of the Great Goddess before the Mountain King Himalaya and the Gods
2. The Goddess as the Supreme Cause of Creation
3. The Goddess Reveals Her Cosmic Body (The Viraj)
4. Instruction in the Yoga of Knowledge
5. Instruction in the Eight-Limbed/Serpentine Yoga
6. The Goal of the Yogas: Knowledge of Brahman 7. Instruction in the Yoga of Devotion
8. Further Instruction in the Yoga of Devotion: The Sacred Sites, Rites, and Festivals of the Goddess
9. Vedic and Internal Forms of Goddess Worship
10. The Tantric Form of Goddess Worship and the Disappearance of the Great Goddess
Glossary
Selected Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

C. Mackenzie Brown is Professor and Chair of Religion at Trinity University. He is the author of The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Visions of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, also published by SUNY Press.