7 Secrets of the Goddess
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAJ094 |
| Author: | Devdutt Pattanaik |
| Publisher: | Westland Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2014 |
| ISBN: | 9789384030582 |
| Pages: | 260 (Throughout B/W Illustrations) |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 9.0 inch x 7.0 inch |
| Weight | 460 gm |
Book Description
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Sample Pages
Author's Note
Lakshmi massages Vishnu's feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shiva's chest. Is this female domination? Shiva is half a woman. Is this gender equality? Why then is Shakti never half a man?
Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things about humanity and nature. Which is the correct reading? Who knows?
Within infinite myths lies an eternal truth
Who knows it all?
Varuna has but a thousand eyes
Indra, a hundred
You and I, only two.
Contents
| | Author's Note: On Reality and Representation | ix |
| 1. | Gaia's Secret | 1 |
| 2. | Kali's Secret | 43 |
| 3. | Gauri's Secret | 81 |
| 4. | Durga's Secret | 113 |
| 5. | Lakshmi' s Secret | 157 |
| 6. | Saraswati's Secret | 203 |
| 7. | Vitthai's Secret | 227 |
| | Note on Goddess symbols | 258 |
| | Acknowledgements | 259 |
