Offering flowers, feeding skulls [[electronic resource] ] : popular goddess worship in West Bengal / / June McDaniel

• Autore: McDaniel June
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.5/514/095414
• Soggetto topico: Kālī (Hindu deity) - Cult - India - West Bengal; Shaktism - India - West Bengal
• Soggetto geografico: West Bengal (India) Religious life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-352) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: In '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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Offering flowers, feeding skulls
• ISBN: 0-19-516791-0; 9786610560356; 0-19-534713-7; 1-4237-5659-2; 1-280-56035-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465554903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II