The Sacred Marriage of a Hindu GoddessMotilal Banarsidass Publishing House, 1 janv. 1992 - 232 pages supplemented by a commentary; both seek to emphasize how the teaching is |
Table des matières
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Sacred Marriage as a Category 1 Metaphors and Their Uses 4 Sacred | 17 |
The Text as Revelation Theology and History 22 The Document in | 39 |
The Birth and Reign of the GoddessQueen Minākși 44 The Marriage | 51 |
58 Motifs of the Madurai Marriage and the PanIndian Sanskrit Tradition | 58 |
Initial Con | 97 |
Marriage as an Antidote to Sacrifice 112 Women as GoddessesGoddesses | 126 |
130 Marriage as Soteriological Act 134 The Order Marriage Brings | 135 |
Kinship Terms in Personal Devotion | 142 |
Devotion as Financial Contract 143 Devotion as Kinship Alliance 146 Sus | 163 |
Selected Sanskrit Names and Terms and Their Tamil | 197 |
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Academy Alakar Alakarkōvil alliance appears ascetic associated auspicious beautiful becomes Brahmā Brahmin breasts bride brothers-in-law caste celebrated celestials Chapter chariots Citrā Citra Festival city of Madurai Cōla context cross-cousin daughter deities devotees divine elephant episode example father female flowers garlands goddess gods golden graciously hair Himavat Hindu Hinduism holy human husband in-law Indra involved Jains jewels king's kinship terms Krsna lineage linga literary Lord Māci Street Madurai area Madurai temple Malayadhvaja male marry metaphor Minākși miraculously moon mother Murukan myth mythology Nandin northern occurs Pandya kingdom Pandya kings Parvati pavilion place-history poet priests procession Purāņa referred regarded relationship religious riage ritual events role royal rudras sacred marriage sacrifice sages Saiva samskāras Sanskrit sense shrine Śiva Siva's Śiva's Sacred Games snake son-in-law southern India spouse story Sundareśvara Tamil Tamil literature tion tradition transformed Ugra Vaigai River Vaisnava Vedas Vişnu wedding wife Wish-granting woman women worship