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020 _a818090203X
082 _a704.948
_bPAR
100 _aParthasarathy, V. R.
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245 _aDevi : goddesses in Indian art and literature
260 _aDelhi
_bBharatiya Kala Prakashan
_c2009
300 _axvi,204p.
500 _aCONTENTS Acknowledgementsvii List of Figuresix List of Plates xi Photo Acknowledgements xvii Chapter I : The Great Goddess1 The Beginnings of Mother WOrship Chapter II : Goddesses in Ancient India 5 Harappan Culture to the Age of the Guptas Chapter III : Understanding the Devi 33 A study of Literary Sources Chapter IV : Crystalization of the Abstract 82 Chapter V : The One in Many Forms113 Different Representations of the Devi Chapter VI : FromImage to Icon 169 Select Devi Shrines in Karnataka Bibliography 181 Index 185
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700 _aParthasarathy, Indu
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890 _aIndia
891 _aFAH - MAC
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650 _aIndia--Karnataka
_aVedic literature
_aHindu goddesses--Cult
_aHindu sculpture
_aHindu temples
_aHindu goddesses in art
_aHindu goddesses in literature