Conceiving the goddess :   transformation and appropriation in Indic religions /  [electronic resource] 
Edited by Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat; Ian W. Mabbett. 
 - Clayton, Vic. :  Monash University Publishing,  2017. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>On appropriation and transformation / Ian Mabbett and Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat --  Crowns, horns and goddesses: appropriation of symbols in Gandhara and beyond / Angelo Andrea Di Castro --  The appropriation of the goddess into the Puranic narrative: integration/appropriation in the Vamanapurana / Greg Bailey --  The Yaksini Devi of Mangaon: appropriation of a Jain goddess by Brahminic Hinduism / Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat --  Appropriating the inappropriate / John R. Dupuche --  Ravidas and the Ganga: appropriation or contestation? / Peter Friedlander --  The goddess Chinnamasta's severed head as a re-appropriation f the cosmic sacrifice / Ian Mabbett --  The appropriation of Durga / Pratish Bandopadhayay --  From a Saktipitha to Kuladaivata: the appropriation of goddess Jogai of Ambe / Madhavi Narsalay --  The female protector of Yolmo's hidden land / David Templeman --  Ekveera Devi and the Son Kolis of Mumbai: have the Kolis appropriated the Karle Buddhist Chaitya? / Marika Vicziany, Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat and Sanjay Ranade --  Modern appropriations of Devi / Martin Hríbek. 
<br/><br/> Conceiving the Goddess is an exploration of goddess cults in South Asia that embodies research on South Asian goddesses in various disciplines. The theme running through all the contributions, with their multiple approaches and points of view, is the concept of appropriation, whereby one religious group adopts a religious belief or practice not formerly its own. What is the motivation behind this? Are such actions attempts to dominate, or to resist the domination of others, or to adapt to changing social circumstances - or perhaps simply to enrich the religious experience of a group's members? In examining these questions, Conceiving the Goddess considers a range of settings: a Jain goddess lurking in a Brahminical temple, 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 the alarming self-decapitation of the fierce goddess Chinnamasta. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781925377316 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aspects of religion (non-Christian)<br/>Goddesses, Indic--South Asia.<br/>Women and religion--South Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Asia--Religion.