One god, two goddesses, three studies of South Indian cosmology /

One god, two goddesses, three studies of South Indian cosmology /

One, God, Two Goddesses presents three studies, one of Tamil myths of the god Murugan and two of goddess rituals: Gangamma in Tirupati and Paiditalli in Vizianagaram, both in Andhra Pradesh. All three essays search for lineaments of the cosmos that these deities inhabit and shape. These cosmoi are c...

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Main Author: Handelman, Don.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: LEIDEN : Brill, 2013.

Series: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture 18.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.

Subjects:

Hinduism > India, South > Rituals.
Murugan (Hindu deity) > Cult.
Hindu goddesses > India, South.
Hindu cosmology.

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Call Number: BL1226.2 .H36 2013

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material --   |t 1. The Cosmic Vortex and Don Handelman's Anthropological Vision: A Personal View /  |r Bruce Kapferer --   |t 2. Myths of Murugan: Asymmetry and Hierarchy in a South Indian Puranic Cosmology --   |t 3. The Guises of the Goddess and the Transformation of the Male: Gangamma's Visit to Tirupati, and the Continuum of Gender --   |t 4. Growing a Kingdom: The Goddess of Depth in Vizianagaram /  |r Don Handelman , M. V. Krishnayya and David Shulman --   |t Index. 
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