Tracy Pintchman

Broschiertes Buch

The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition

Beschreibung

This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of saakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakr(materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology.

Autor

Tracy Pintchman is Professor of Hindu Studies at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition and the editor of Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess, both also published by SUNY Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SUNY Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780791421123
• ISBN-10: 0791421120
• Artikelnr.: 22421030