The Iconic Female: Goddesses of India, Nepal and Tibet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781876924669)

The energy of the goddess fills every facet of Indian life. To her devotees, the goddess appears in myriad forms: mother, boon-giver, destroyer of evil, divine lover, protector and/or bloodthirsty ogress. The more that is discovered about her, the more teasingly complex and multivalent the Devi appears. She is both constant and changing, loved and feared, worshipped and forgotten, only to be re-discovered and worshiped again. In this book, for the first time, ten Australian researchers, working on many aspects of the Devi, have come together and offered, in a single collection, new research on the divine female. This book begins a renewed quest for the iconic Devi who continues to emerge in her many, unpredictably powerful forms.

Author: Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat
ISBN-10: 1876924667
ISBN-13: 9781876924669
Publisher: Monash Asia Institute
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2008
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 18