Singing to the goddess : poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal / / Rachel Fell McDermott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818577803321
• Autore: McDermott Rachel Fell
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-47318-5; 0-19-513433-8; 0-19-803070-3; 9786610473182; 1-4237-5761-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages)
• Disciplina: 891.4
• Soggetti: Devotional poetry, Bengali; Kali (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes discography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Pathways to the &amp -- #346 -- &amp -- #257 -- kta Poetry: Sources, Precedents, and Influences -- Poets for the Goddess -- Family Resemblances: &amp -- #346 -- &amp -- #257 -- kta Pad&amp -- #257 -- val&amp -- #299 -- as Bhakti Poetry -- The Challenges and Choices in Designing an Anthology -- Notes on Transliteration,Translation, and Word Definition -- The Poems -- K&amp -- #257 -- l&amp -- #299 -- among the Corpses: Poems of Battle -- The Cosmic Goddess of Transformation -- The 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 -- The Experience of Kundalin&amp -- #299 -- Yoga -- In Defiance of Death -- Adoring the Daughter: &amp -- #256 -- gaman&amp -- #299 -- and Vijay&amp -- #257 -- Poems for Um&amp -- #257 -- -- NOTES -- A GUIDE TO SELECTED NAMES, TERMS, AND TEXTS -- DISCOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF POEMS BY AUTHOR AND FIRST LINE (ENGLISH) -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- I -- M -- N -- P ; -- R -- S -- T -- W -- INDEX OF POEMS BY AUTHOR AND FIRST LINE (BENGALI) -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- I -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- Photographs.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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).