The goddess /

The goddess /

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Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
©2018
Description:xvi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Oxford history of Hinduism
Oxford history of Hinduism.
Subject:
Hindu goddesses.
Hindu goddesses -- Social aspects.
Hindu goddesses.
Goddesses.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11795541
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Varying Form of Title:Oxford history of Hinduism : the goddess
Other authors / contributors:Bose, Mandakranta, 1938- editor.
ISBN:0198767021
9780198767022
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: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.

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