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Uniform Title Puranas. Devībhāgavatapurāṇa. Devīgītā. English
Title The Devī Gītā : the song of the Goddess ; a translation, annotation, and commentary / C. Mackenzie Brown
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 404 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- A note on the translation -- Navasloki Devi Gita: The essential Devi Gita in nine verses -- Chapter 1. The appearance of the great goddess before the mountain King Himalaya and the gods -- Chapter 2. The goddess as the supreme cause of creation -- Chapter 3. The goddess reveals her cosmic body (the Viraj) -- Chapter 4. Instruction in the yoga of knowledge -- Chapter 5. Instruction in the eight-limbed/kundalini yoga -- Chapter 6. The goal of the yogas: Knowledge of Braham -- Chapter 7. Instruction in the yoga of devotion -- Chapter 8. Further instruction in the yoga of devotion: The sacred sites, rites, and festivals of the goddess -- Chapter 9. Vedic and internal forms of goddess worship -- Chapter 10. The tantric form of goddess worship and the disappearance of the great goddess -- Afterword
Notes "Sanskrit text": pages 535-556
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-373) and index
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Subject Hinduism.
Hinduism.
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Sacred Writings.
Hinduism
Form Electronic book
Author Brown, Cheever Mackenzie
ISBN 0585059772
9780585059778
9780791497739
0791497739