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Title: |
The Lajjagauri and Anandanayaki |
| Sub-title: |
A New Light on the Nature and Worship of the Adi-Mata, the Primordial Mother |
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| Translated by: |
Jayant Bhalcandra Bapa? By (author): Ramacandra Cintama? ?here |
| ISBN10-13: |
1925835243 : 9781925835243 |
| Illustrations: |
30 images |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
234x153mm |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Weight: |
.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - August 2020 |
| List Price: |
26.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Oriental & Indian philosophy |
| LajjÄ gaurÄ" is perhaps one of Indiaâ s oldest goddesses, with images of her found in South Asia dating back to the Indus Civilisation c. 3000 to 1500 B.C.E. Her devotees can be traced back even earlier, to the Ukraine c. 10,000 B.C.E. In India, new finds continue to expand the geographical spread of LajjÄ gaurÄ"â s devotees, most recently to OdiÅ Ä . Ḡhereâ s work on LajjÄ gaurÄ" â a study of the meanings of the visual representations of the Goddess â is based on a tireless pursuit of her image throughout western India. In contrast to the other thousands of Indian goddesses whose images are superabundant, LajjÄ gaurÄ" has become more reclusive as other deities have risen. This work by the towering MarÄ á¹hÄ" cultural specialist Dr RÄ macandra CintÄ maṠḠhere is a unique and important study, painstakingly and lovingly translated into English by Dr Jayant BÄ paá¹. |
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R. C. Ḍhere's Lajjāgaurī is a classic work of scholarship on Hindu goddesses. Exploring the meaning of the Lajjāgaurī image, Ḍhere engages in an extensive discussion of sexual imagery and fertility cults in India. He also makes Lajjāgaurī a springboard for elucidating the cults of other important goddesses such as Reṇukā, Yallammā, Aditi, and a variety of folk goddesses, as well as the male deities Jotibā and Subrahmaṇya. Long beloved by Marāṭhī readers, the book appears here in English for the first time. By making it more widely accessible, Jayant Bāpaṭ has performed a great service to Indologists throughout India and the world. -- Anne Feldhaus, Foundation Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University, USA
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