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020			_a9780195070156 (pbk.)
082			_a294.52114 _bERN
100			_aErndl, Kathleen M. _98053
245			_aVictory to the Mother : _bthe Hindu goddess of northwest India in myth, ritual, and symbol
260			_aNew York _bOxford University Press _c1993
300			_aviii, 208p.
500			_ahttps://global.oup.com/ushe/product/victory-to-the-mother-9780195070156?cc=in&lang=en&
520			_aThe worship of Devi, the Goddess, is one of the most vigorous and visible religious phenomena in northwest India today. In this groundbreaking book, Kathleen Erndl uses interviews, participant observations, and her own acute observations to explore the nature of the Goddess and her devotees' experience of her. Beginning with an analysis of oral and written sources, Erndl then examines specific ritual practices--including pilgrimage, performance, and divine possession--and presents case studies of women devotees who became 'possessed' by the Goddess and are worshipped as her representatives. The effects of modernization and popular culture on Goddess worship are revealed in the influence of popular religious pamphlets and the recent absorption of the "new" goddess, Santoshi Ma, into the pantheon. A final chapter suggests a number of ways of understanding the continuing vitality of the goddess as a mythic presence in the lives of contemporary Hindus.
650			_aIndia--Punjab _94971
650			_aReligion _91011
650			_aHindu goddesses _91866
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