Conceiving The Goddess: Transformation And Appropriation In Indic Religions (monash Asia Series)
by Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat /
2017 / English / PDF
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Conceiving the Goddess is a sequel to The Iconic Female: Goddesses
of India, Nepal and Tibet (2008), an exploration of goddess cults
in South Asia. This book furthers research on South Asian
goddesses. The theme running through all the contributions, with
their multiple approaches and points of view, is the concept of
appropriation, a notion prominent in recent scholarship. In the
present case of goddess worship, appropriation can be recognized
when one religious group adopts a religious belief or practice not
formerly its own. What is the motivation behind these actions? Are
such actions attempts to dominate, or to resist the domination of
others, or to adapt to changing social circumstances? Conceiving
the Goddess seeks the answers to such questions in a variety of
settings: a Jain goddess lurking in a Brahminical temple; a village
goddess who turned into the patroness of the powerful Peshwa lords;
the millennia-long story of the goddess Ekveera who was adopted by
a fishing community; the mythology of Parvati, consort of the great
god Siva; the fraught relationship between the humble Camar caste
and the river goddess Ganga; the mutual appropriation of disciple
and goddess in the tantric exercises of Kashmiri Saivism; and more.
Author Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat was awarded the Order of Australia
Medal (OAM) in 2011. (Series: Monash Asia Series) [Subject:
Religious Studies, Anthropology, South Asian Studies]˜
Conceiving the Goddess is a sequel to The Iconic Female: Goddesses
of India, Nepal and Tibet (2008), an exploration of goddess cults
in South Asia. This book furthers research on South Asian
goddesses. The theme running through all the contributions, with
their multiple approaches and points of view, is the concept of
appropriation, a notion prominent in recent scholarship. In the
present case of goddess worship, appropriation can be recognized
when one religious group adopts a religious belief or practice not
formerly its own. What is the motivation behind these actions? Are
such actions attempts to dominate, or to resist the domination of
others, or to adapt to changing social circumstances? Conceiving
the Goddess seeks the answers to such questions in a variety of
settings: a Jain goddess lurking in a Brahminical temple; a village
goddess who turned into the patroness of the powerful Peshwa lords;
the millennia-long story of the goddess Ekveera who was adopted by
a fishing community; the mythology of Parvati, consort of the great
god Siva; the fraught relationship between the humble Camar caste
and the river goddess Ganga; the mutual appropriation of disciple
and goddess in the tantric exercises of Kashmiri Saivism; and more.
Author Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat was awarded the Order of Australia
Medal (OAM) in 2011. (Series: Monash Asia Series) [Subject:
Religious Studies, Anthropology, South Asian Studies]˜
