Śakti-Pīṭhas : The Sacred Sites of the Goddess in India

• Autore: Grenner Friederike
• Pubblicazione: Berlin/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2026; ©2026
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (498 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.535
• Soggetto topico: Shaktism; Goddesses, South Asian
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Figures -- 1 Śakti-Pīṭhas. The Sacred Sites of the Goddess in India-and Beyond -- 1.1 State of Research and Survey of the Literature -- 1.2 Methodological Considerations -- 1.3 Terminological Considerations -- 2 Goddess Worship, Sacred Geography, and Tantrism -- 2.1 The Place of Śakti-Pīṭhas in Hindu Goddess Worship -- 2.1.1 Characteristic Features of Hindu Goddess Worship -- 2.1.2 Contemporary Voices: How the Goddess is Viewed in Present-Day West Bengal -- 2.2 The Place of Śakti-Pīṭhas in India's Sacred Geography -- 2.3 The Place of Śakti-Pīṭhas in Hindu Tantrism -- 2.3.1 Characteristic Features of Tantric Philosophy and Practice -- 2.3.2 Contemporary Voices: How Tantra is Viewed in Present-Day West Bengal -- 3 The Śakti-Pīṭha Narrative: Dakṣa's Sacrifice and Satī's Death -- 3.1 The Evolution of the Narrative and its Key Elements -- 3.2 Satī's Death and the Origin of the Pīṭhas in the Śākta Purāṇas -- 3.2.1 The Satī Narrative in the Devībhāgavatapurāṇa -- 3.2.2 The Satī Narrative in the Kālikāpurāṇa -- 3.2.3 The Satī Narrative in the Mahābhāgavatapurāṇa -- 3.3 The Satī Narrative in Contemporary Vernacular Literature -- 3.4 The Satī Narrative in Oral Sources -- 3.5 A Comparison of Sanskrit and Contemporary Sources -- 4 The Number of Pīṭhas and the Composition of the Group -- 4.1 The Pīṭha Group in Tantric Sanskrit Literature -- 4.2 The Pīṭha Group in Bengali Maṅgalakāvya Literature -- 4.3 The Pīṭha Group in Contemporary Vernacular Literature -- 4.4 The Pīṭha Group Online -- 4.5 The Pīṭha Group in Oral Sources -- 4.6 A Comparison of Sanskrit and Contemporary Sources -- 4.7 The Canonization of the '51' Pīṭha List -- 5 Śakti-Pīṭhas Today: A Pan-Indian View -- 5.1 What Makes a Śakti-Pīṭha a Śakti-Pīṭha? -- 5.2 Sacred Sites Known Today as Śakti-Pīṭhas. ; 5.2.1 Śakti-Pīṭhas in Northern India -- 5.2.2 Śakti-Pīṭhas in Western India -- 5.2.3 Śakti-Pīṭhas in Central India -- 5.2.4 Śakti-Pīṭhas in Eastern India -- 5.2.5 Śakti-Pīṭhas in Southern India -- 5.2.6 Śakti-Pīṭhas Outside India -- 5.3 Competition and Compliance: Contemporary Practice and the Literary Ideal -- 5.4 Temples Featuring '51' Śakti-Pīṭha Replicas -- 6 Śakti-Pīṭhas of West Bengal: Seven Case Studies -- 6.1 Śakti-Pīṭhas in West Bengal -- 6.2 Śakti-Pīṭhas in Birbhum District -- 6.2.1 Nalāṭeśvarī in Nalhati -- 6.2.2 Mahiṣamardinī at Bakreśvar -- 6.2.3 Phullarā Devī in Labhpur -- 6.2.4 Phullarā Devī in Daksindihi -- 6.2.5 Kaṅkālī at Kaṅkālī Talā -- 6.2.6 Nandikeśvarī in Sainthia -- 6.2.7 The Siddha-Pīṭha Tārāpīṭh -- 7 Shedding New Light on Śakti-Pīṭhas -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- I Pīṭhanirṇaya (PN) -- II Prāṇatoṣiṇītantra (PT) -- Kāmyakāṇḍa, chapter 2 -- III Annadāmaṅgala (AM) -- 'Garland of Pīṭhas' (Pīṭha-Mālā) -- IV 52 Śakti-Pīṭh Gathā (Gath) -- 'The Ballad of the 52 Śakti-Pīṭhas' -- V 51 Satī-Pīṭher Stabamālā (Staba) -- 'The Necklace of Praise for the 51 Satī-Pīṭhas' -- VI A Prototypical '51' Pīṭha List -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The series Worlds of South and Inner Asia of the Swiss Asia Society publishes high-quality research on present-day and historical South and Inner Asian cultures and societies covering fields such as history, literature, philosophy, politics and arts, as well as interpretations and translations of primary sources.
• Altri titoli varianti: Śakti-Pīṭhas
• Titolo autorizzato: Śakti-Pīṭhas
• ISBN: 3-11-124397-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996716675503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale Series