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The Dev�i G�it�a : the song of the Goddess ; a translation, annotation, and commentary / C. Mackenzie Brown.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Sanskrit Original language: Sanskrit Publication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 404 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585059772
  • 9780585059778
Uniform titles:
  • Puranas. Dev�ibh�agavatapur�a�na. Dev�ig�it�a. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dev�i G�it�a.DDC classification:
  • 294.5/925 21
LOC classification:
  • BL1140.4.D4742 D4813 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- A note on the translation -- Navasloki Devi Gita: The essential Devi Gita in nine verses -- Chapter 1. The appearance of the great goddess before the mountain King Himalaya and the gods -- Chapter 2. The goddess as the supreme cause of creation -- Chapter 3. The goddess reveals her cosmic body (the Viraj) -- Chapter 4. Instruction in the yoga of knowledge -- Chapter 5. Instruction in the eight-limbed/kundalini yoga -- Chapter 6. The goal of the yogas: Knowledge of Braham -- Chapter 7. Instruction in the yoga of devotion -- Chapter 8. Further instruction in the yoga of devotion: The sacred sites, rites, and festivals of the goddess -- Chapter 9. Vedic and internal forms of goddess worship -- Chapter 10. The tantric form of goddess worship and the disappearance of the great goddess -- Afterword
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Preface -- Introduction -- A note on the translation -- Navasloki Devi Gita: The essential Devi Gita in nine verses -- Chapter 1. The appearance of the great goddess before the mountain King Himalaya and the gods -- Chapter 2. The goddess as the supreme cause of creation -- Chapter 3. The goddess reveals her cosmic body (the Viraj) -- Chapter 4. Instruction in the yoga of knowledge -- Chapter 5. Instruction in the eight-limbed/kundalini yoga -- Chapter 6. The goal of the yogas: Knowledge of Braham -- Chapter 7. Instruction in the yoga of devotion -- Chapter 8. Further instruction in the yoga of devotion: The sacred sites, rites, and festivals of the goddess -- Chapter 9. Vedic and internal forms of goddess worship -- Chapter 10. The tantric form of goddess worship and the disappearance of the great goddess -- Afterword

"Sanskrit text": pages 535-556.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-373) and index.

Print version record.

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