Shakti
An Exploration of the Divine Feminine
$87.61
- Hardcover
392 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2022
Summary
Exploring the complex and rich tradition of Goddess worship across the Indian subcontinent.
She is benevolent and nurturing, yet fierce and terrible, a warrior and a lover. She creates and gives life, is death personified, and the one who grants eternal salvation. She is the ultimate form of reality, the cosmos. As the Saundaryalahiri says, “Only when Shiva joins with you, O Shakti, can he exert his powers as lord, on his own he has not even the power to stir. You are…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780744054552 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0744054559 |
| Author: | Nilima Chitgopekar |
| Publisher: | DK |
| Imprint: | Dorling Kindersley |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.76kg |
| Dimensions: | 283mm x 239mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Nilima Chitgopekar
Nilima Chitgopekar is a well-known academic and Indian religious studies expert who has written extensively on goddess worship, the Shakta tradition, and Shiva. She has lectured extensively at Harvard and Oxford and has published six books, some academic and some meant for the general population.
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