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The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition

by Tracy Pintchman ยท 1994

ISBN: 0791421112 9780791421116

Category: Religion / General

Page count: 288

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.