Sakta Contribution Varanasi by R C Sharma (5 results)

Condition: New. x 148 16 of lates Index 1st Edition.

Condition: New. x 148 16 of lates Figures, Illus.

Condition: New. x 148 16 of lates.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788124603437.

Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. Kasi and Sakta contribution an introduction/Vidyanivas Mishra. 2. Kasi as Saktipitha/Kamla Pandey. 3. Fasts and festivals of Goddess in Varanasi/B.S. Mehta. 4. Devi Yantra in Kasi/Pramod Giri. 5. Sakti images from Varanasi a case study of Bharat Kala Bhawan sculptures/T.K. Biswas. 6. Sakti figures in the Sarnath Museum/R.C. Sharma. 7. Devi in the wall painting art of Kasi/Kamal Giri. 8. Images of Jaina Goddesses in Kasi/M.N.P. Tiwari. 9. Sakti in the folk songs of Kasi/Kusum Giri. 10. Chief Sakta exponents of Kasi/H.N. Chakravarty. 11. Some distinctive methods of Sakti worship family rituals of the Maharashtrians in Kasi/N.P. Joshi. 12. Symbols and Sakti worship/N.C. Panda. 13. Ritual materials in Sakti worship/Sukumar Chattopadhyay. Index. The worship of Sakti (Mother Goddess) is almost a universal phenomenon and its manifestation is seen in different forms. Indian contribution has also been laudable and it is amply noticed through the figures of Mother Goddesses even from the pre Indus culture. This was followed in the subsequent ages throughout India and Varanasi being a great religious centre has also left an indelible imprint in this regard. This book incorporates a good number of papers on multiple aspects of Sakta traditions practised in Varanasi continuing from hoary past to date. Beside philosophical religious and cultural leanings the contents expose the iconographic ritualistic and artistic rendering of the divine mother. Kasi or Varanasi has been a stronghold of religious and spiritual fervour and several religious sects have contributed to its present texture. Saktism has also been a forceful current in the cultural stream of this holy city. This is evidenced by several Devi temples Sakti pithas yantras fairs and festivals associated with the worship of Mother Goddess. 148 pp.