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Sarasvatī, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: Catherine Ludvík
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: BRILL

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Drawing on textual and art historical sources, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the Indian riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvat
Sarasvatī: Riverine Goddess of Knowledge
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: Catherine Ludvik
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-30 - Publisher: BRILL

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This is a fascinating depiction of the transformation of the Indian riverine goddess from the manuscript-carrying vīṇā-player to the Buddhist weapon-wieldin
River and Goddess Worship in India
Language: en
Pages: 170
Authors: R.U.S. Prasad
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-09 - Publisher: Routledge

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Sarasvati assumes different roles, a physical river and a river goddess, then as a goddess of speech and finally that of a goddess of learning, knowledge, arts
The Lost River
Language: en
Pages: 501
Authors: Michel Danino
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-12 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tecto
The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Mandakranta Bose
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-30 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess provides a critical exposition of the Hindu idea of the divine feminine, or Devī, conceived as a singularity expres