03494nam 2200673Ia 450 991081857780332120200520144314.01-280-47318-50-19-513433-80-19-803070-397866104731821-4237-5761-0(CKB)2560000000299968(EBL)3052367(OCoLC)63294472(SSID)ssj0000089531(PQKBManifestationID)11113372(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089531(PQKBWorkID)10091948(PQKB)11549931(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074647(MiAaPQ)EBC3052367(Au-PeEL)EBL3052367(CaPaEBR)ebr10212134(CaONFJC)MIL47318(OCoLC)43083403(FINmELB)ELB164081(EXLCZ)99256000000029996819991201d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSinging to the goddess poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal /Rachel Fell McDermott1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (viii, 189 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513434-6 0-19-986805-0 Includes discography and index.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.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).Devotional poetry, BengaliTranslations into EnglishKali (Hindu deity)PoetryParvati (Hindu deity)PoetryDevotional poetry, BengaliKali (Hindu deity)Parvati (Hindu deity)891.4McDermott Rachel Fell1642370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818577803321Singing to the goddess3987015UNINA