The Cosmic Play of Power: Goddess, Tantra and Women (Hardcover)ABOUT THE BOOK: In Hindu theology Divine Power is conceived as a divine woman the Goddess. Sometimes she is wholly autonomous and sometimes she is the divine spouse of the creator God, Siva or Visnu. She is also held to be the evolving material source of every created phenomenon. Religious texts like Puranas and Tantras have thoroughly investigated the mysterious nature of the Cosmic Goddess. Tantra as a religious practice endeavoured to show how

Kubera is the brother of Ravana and has three legs and eight teeth

using natural colours and fabric dyes

The Goddess of Wealth Lakshmi is given a nice and refine treatment

The Lord is known by as many as 108 names among the Hindus and can be easily appeased by offering muddaks (sweets)

the Goddess teaches us not to be concerned with external appearance and to be wise regarding the eternal truth

The mode of its recitation is given as a separate appendix

the blind ox trudging routine endless circles of the village oil-machine (ghaani)

the need for an up-to-date overview of the art of South Asia has been apparent for decades

Size :3" H x 2

The Kalamkari painting depicts a number of important scenes from the epic that describes the story of Lord Ramchandra

Product Code :6195

wild elephants (delusion/ignorance)