| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Issues in studying Mago, the great goddess of East Asia: primary sources, gynocentric history, and nationalism / Helen Hye-Sook Hwang -- Dākinīs and Yoginīs: on the origin and development of an early medieval Indian Buddhist goddess tradition / David Gray -- Sita Masala: from the Vedas to the kitchen / Phyllis K. Herman -- Kannon: the goddess of compassion in Japan / Kenneth D. Lee -- From Kuan Yin to Joan of Arc: female divinities in the Caodai pantheon / Janet Hoskins -- Between Bodhisattva and Christian deity: Guanyin and the Virgin Mary in late Ming China / Gang Song -- Meeting the goddess: religion, morality, and medicine in a fishing community in Hong Kong forty years ago / E.N. Anderson -- She dances madly: towards a ritual political economy of the goddess / Piya Chatterjee -- The politicization of an icon: Durga/Kali/Bharat Mata and her transformations / Mary-Ann Milford-Lutzker -- Come one, come all, to the fair of the mother's transformations: some glimpses of Kali and her temples in West Bengal / June McDaniel -- Lakshmi and Alakshmi: the Kojagari Lakshmi Vrata Katha of Bengal / Bidyut Mohanty -- The goddess and ecological sensitivity: the cultivation of earth knowledge / Christopher Key Chapple -- Goma: an embodiment of the goddess / Deepak Shimkhada -- Sarasvati: goddess of no husband, no child / Małgorzata (Margaret) Kruszewska -- The modern legend of Miaoshan: the development of the Sangha of vegetarian nuns in China / Chia-Lan Chang -- The body of the goddess, eco-awareness and embodiment in Hindu myth and romance / Sthaneshwar Timalsina |
| Notes |
Based on presentations at the 39th Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Conference; hosted by Claremont Graduate University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Goddesses, Asian -- Congresses
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Comparative religion.
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Anthropology.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Divine Mother, The Goddess, Quan Yin.
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Goddesses, Asian
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Asia -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shimkhada, Deepak
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Herman, Phyllis K
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Claremont Graduate University.
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Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Conference (39th : 2005 : Claremont Graduate University)
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| ISBN |
9781443807029 |
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1443807028 |
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