Singing to the goddess : poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal / / Rachel Fell McDermott
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| Autore: |
McDermott Rachel Fell
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| Titolo: |
Singing to the goddess : poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal / / Rachel Fell McDermott
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 891.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Devotional poetry, Bengali |
| Kali (Hindu deity) | |
| Parvati (Hindu deity) | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes discography and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Pathways to the & -- #346 -- & -- #257 -- kta Poetry: Sources, Precedents, and Influences -- Poets for the Goddess -- Family Resemblances: & -- #346 -- & -- #257 -- kta Pad& -- #257 -- val& -- #299 -- as Bhakti Poetry -- The Challenges and Choices in Designing an Anthology -- Notes on Transliteration,Translation, and Word Definition -- The Poems -- K& -- #257 -- l& -- #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& -- #299 -- Yoga -- In Defiance of Death -- Adoring the Daughter: & -- #256 -- gaman& -- #299 -- and Vijay& -- #257 -- Poems for Um& -- #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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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). |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Singing to the goddess |
| ISBN: | 1-280-47318-5 |
| 0-19-513433-8 | |
| 0-19-803070-3 | |
| 9786610473182 | |
| 1-4237-5761-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818577803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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