02734nam 2200649 a 450 991046555490332120200520144314.00-19-516791-097866105603560-19-534713-71-4237-5659-21-280-56035-5(CKB)2560000000300305(EBL)281074(OCoLC)476025407(SSID)ssj0000213673(PQKBManifestationID)11175070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213673(PQKBWorkID)10155791(PQKB)10431609(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024349(MiAaPQ)EBC281074(Au-PeEL)EBL281074(CaPaEBR)ebr10263672(CaONFJC)MIL56035(OCoLC)64685459(EXLCZ)99256000000030030520030425d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOffering flowers, feeding skulls[electronic resource] popular goddess worship in West Bengal /June McDanielNew York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (367 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516790-2 0-19-984997-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-352) and index.Contents; Notes on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Folk Shaktism: Life with the Goddess; 2. Tantric and Yogic Shaktism: Knowledge of the Goddess's Ways; 3. Shakta Bhakti: Devotion to the Goddess; 4. The Great Bhakti Goddesses of West Bengal: Durga and Kali; 5. Shaktism and the Modern West: Kundalini Vacations and Tantric Honeymoons; 6. Conclusions; Notes; Diacritical List; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YIn 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through its myths, folklore, songs, rituals, sacred texts, and practitioners, tracing these strands through Bengali culture.Kālī (Hindu deity)CultIndiaWest BengalShaktismIndiaWest BengalWest Bengal (India)Religious life and customsElectronic books.Kālī (Hindu deity)CultShaktism294.5/514/095414McDaniel June859255MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465554903321Offering flowers, feeding skulls2131861UNINA