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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784197703321

Titolo

Goddesses and Women in the Indic Religious Tradition / / edited by Arvind Sharma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-85913-X

9786610859139

90-474-0423-8

1-4337-0418-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Brill's Indological Library ; ; 24

Disciplina

294/.082

Soggetti

Hindu goddesses

Women and religion

Women in Hinduism

Women - Religious aspects - Hinduism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Roles for Women in Vedic Srauta Ritual (STEPHANIE W. JAMISON); CHAPTER TWO: Tibetan Fairy Glimmerings: Dakinis in Buddhist Spiritual Biography (VICTORIA KENNICK URUBSHUROW); CHAPTER THREE: Women, Earth, and the Goddess: A Sakta-Hindu Interpretation of Embodied Religion (KARTIKEYA C. PATEL); CHAPTER FOUR: Women in the Worship of the Great Goddess (HILLARY RODRIGUES); CHAPTER FIVE: Between Pestle and Mortar: Women in the Marathi Sant Tradition (VIDYUT AKLUJKAR); CHAPTER SIX: Sankara on the Salvation of Women and Sudras (KATHERINE K. YOUNG); INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Goddesses and Women in the Indic Religious Tradition goes beyond the traditional sources that lie at the basis for determining the position of goddesses and women in India. Following the lead of a "hermeneutics of surprise" the book identifies, indeed, surprising new material - and conclusions; for example the analysis of Vedic Śrauta ritual. Or by offering surprising conclusions, when the location is obviously one involving women and goddesses, or anthropology discovers that the



worship of the Great Goddess temporarily elevates the position of women. Other examples of the effectivity of the "hermeneutics of surprise" are seen when applied to the role of ḍākinīs , Śakti worship, the Marathi Sant tradition,and to Śaṅkara's commentaries.