| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Pathways to the Sakta Poetry: Sources, Precedents, and Influences -- Poets for the Goddess -- Family Resemblances: Sakta Padavali as Bhakti Poetry -- Challenges and Choices in Designing an Anthology -- Notes on Transliteration, Translation, and Word Definition -- Poems -- Kali among the Corpses: Poems of Battle -- Cosmic Goddess of Transformation -- Magician's Daughter and Her Playful Deceptions -- "What Kind of Mother Are You?" Cries of Complaint -- Petitioning the Compassionate -- "Oh My Mind!": Instructing the Self -- Prioritizing Paths: Tantra, Devotion, and Ritual -- Experience of Kundalini Yoga -- In Defiance of Death -- Adoring the Daughter: Agamani and Vijaya Poems for Uma |
| Summary |
This collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma. These poems were written from the early-18th century up to the contemporary period. They represent the Bengali tradition of goddess worship (Saktism) |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography (pages 181-182) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kālī (Hindu deity) -- Poetry
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Parvati (Hindu deity) -- Poetry
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| SUBJECT |
Parvati (Hindu deity) fast |
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Kālī (Hindu deity) fast |
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Kali Göttin gnd |
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Pārvatī swd |
| Subject |
Devotional poetry, Bengali -- Translations into English
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Devotional poetry, Bengali
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Lyrik
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Anthologie
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Shakti.
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Bengali.
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| Genre/Form |
Devotional poetry
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Poetry
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Translations
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Devotional poetry.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0195134346 |
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9780195134346 |
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1423757610 |
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9781423757610 |
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