01418nam a22002057a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001200080082001800092100003700110245005700147260004100204300001000245520076400255650005101019942001101070952011201081999001901193OSt20260803122917.0260803b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789360801632  cAACR-II  a294.52114 GOD  aEdited by Sharma, Arvind 921270  aGoddesses and women in the Indic religious tradition  aNew DelhibManohar Publishers c2026  a170p.  aGodesses and Women in the Indic Religious Tradition goes beyond the traditional sources that lie at the basis for determining the position of goddesses and women in India. Following the lead of a “hermeneutics of surprise” the book identifies, indeed, surprising new material — and conclusions; for example the analysis of Vedic Shrauta ritual. Or by offering surprising conclusions, when the location is obviously one involving women and goddesses, or anthropology discovers that the worship of the Great Goddess temporarily elevates the position of women. Other examples of the effectivity of the “hermeneutics of surprise” are seen when applied to the role of dakinis, Shakti worship, the Marathi Sant tradition, and to Shankara’s commentaries.  aHindu goddesses and the divine feminine921271  2ddccB  00102ddc4070aLBSNAAbLBSNAAd2026-08-03g1495.00l0o294.52114 GODp186242r2026-08-03w2026-08-03yBA  c361806d361806