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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Rhodes Constantina Eleni <1954->"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Invoking Lakshmi : the goddess of wealth in song and ceremony / / Constantina Rhodes"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9781438433226"]
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[{"$nulls":4},"9781441687005"]
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[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (294 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"294.5/2114"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Lakshmi (Hindu deity) - Prayers and devotions - History and criticism"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Hindu hymns - History and criticism"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Lakshmi (Hindu deity) - Cult"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph"]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Invoking Lakshmi -- Invoking Lakshmi -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Goddess Arrives in Delhi -- What Does It Mean to Invoke a Goddess? -- On the Format of This Book -- Sources: Sanskrit Texts and Popular Worship Manuals -- PART ONE: The Divine Personalities of Laksmi -- CHAPTER 1: The Awesome Power of Auspiciousness: Laksmi of the Vedic Traditions -- The Primordial Lotus Goddess -- The Goddess of Auspiciousness: Sri's Essence, Laksmi's Form -- Alaksmi, the Inauspicious -- CHAPTER 2: Living the Good Life: Laksmi of the Puranic Traditions -- The Burgeoning World of the Puranas -- Laksmi and the Lords of the Three Realms: Indra, Visnu, and Bali -- All Women Are Embodiments of Laksmi -- Laksmi, Embodiment of the \"Four Wealths\" (Caturartha) -- The Absence of Laksmi: Is Lady Luck a Fickle Goddess? -- CHAPTER 3: Living the Powerful Life: Laksmi of the Tantric Traditions -- The World According to Tantra -- Laksmi as Kundalini -- Laksmi, Siva, and the \"Ten Great Wisdom Goddesses\" (Dasamahavidyas) -- The Grace-Bestowing Mother -- Laksmi as Siddhi: Magical Attainment, Spiritual Power -- PART TWO: The Power of Poetry to Summon the Goddess -- CHAPTER 4: The Power of Vedic Hymns: Generating Auspiciousness -- Reciting the Hymns (Suktas) -- Ritual Application of the Vedic Hymns -- CHAPTER 5: The Power of Puranic Songs: Drawing Down the Goddess -- Reciting the "]
[{"$nulls":4},"Songs of Praise (Stotras) -- The Propitious Glance of the Goddess -- Fruits of the Recitations (Phala) -- CHAPTER 6: The Power of Tantric Songs: Waking Up the Goddess -- Alchemy of the Goddess: The Magic of Transformation -- The Potency of a Woman's Recitations -- Literary Genres of the Tantric Songs -- Structure of the Tantric Songs -- PART THREE: Ceremony -- INTRODUCTION: Invoking Laksmi in Ceremony: Laksmi Puja -- Creating Space to Receive the Goddess."]
[{"$nulls":4},"The Ancient Art of Hospitality -- Structure of the Ceremony -- Laksmi Puja Text -- Preparation and Purification -- Heart of the Ceremony: Receiving the Goddess -- Outline of the Laksmi Puja -- PART FOUR: Song -- Vedic Hymns to Laksmi -- Hymn to Sri(Sri Suktam) -- Hymn to Laksmi(Laksmi Suktam) -- Puranic Songs to Laksmi -- Song for Laksmi, Gracious Bestower of Blessings (Prasannavarada Sri Laksmi Stotram) -- Song for the Glorious Lotus Goddess (Sri Kamala Stotram) -- Lord Indra's Song for Laksmi (Devaraja Indrakrta Laksmi Stotram) -- The Heavenly Gods' Praise-Song for Laksmi (Sri Daivakrta Laksmi Stotram) -- Eight Verses Praising Mahalaksmi (Mahalaksmyastakam Stotram) -- Tantric Songs to Laksmi -- The Secret Heart of Laksmi (Sri Mahalaksmi Hrdayam) -- Praise-Song for the Bestower of Wealth(Dhanada Stotram) -- Song-Amulet of the Bestower of Wealth (Dhanada Kavacam) -- Praise-Song for the Lotus Goddess (Kamala Stotram) -- 108 Names of the Glorious Lotus Goddess (Sri Kamala Astottarasatanama Stotram) -- Song-Amulet of the Lotus Goddess (Kamalatmika Kavacam) -- Song for the Laksmi of Spiritual Power(Sri Siddhalaksmi Stotram) -- Song for the Glorious \"Eyes of Indra\" (Sri Indraksi Stotram) -- Song-Formulary of the Glorious Mahalaksmi (Sri Mahalaksmi Panjara Stotram) -- Secret Laksmi Incantation That Yields Immediate Results (Sadyah Phalada Laksmistava Hrdayam) -- EPILOGUE: The Goddess Returns Home -- Transliterated Sanskrit Texts -- Laksmi Puja Text -- Vedic Texts -- Puranic Texts -- Tantric Texts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","A multi-faceted portrait of Lakshmi, Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. Includes translations of verses used to invoke this goddess."]