Main entry:

Dehejia, Vidya.

Title & Author:

Devi : the great goddess : female divinity in South Asian art / Vidya Dehejia ; with contributions by Thomas B. Coburn [and others].

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Published by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad and Prestel Verlag, Munich, ©1999.

Description:

408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-400) and index.
Encountering Devi / Vidya Dehejia -- Threefold vision of the Devi Mahatmya / Thomas B. Coburn -- Temples to the goddess / George Michell -- Ritual worship of Devi / Dennis Hudson -- Poetic visions of the Great Goddess: Tamil Nadu and Bengal / Vidya Dehejia and Sagaree Sengupta -- Mysterious origins: the Tantric Devi series from Basohli / Terence McInerney -- Tribal and local deities: assimilations and transformations / Cornelia Mallebrein -- Clothing the goddess: the modern contest over representations of Devi / Tapati Guha-Thakurta -- Moving Devi / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- Catalogue: Introducing Devi. As cosmic force. As Dayini, or Giver. As heroine and beloved. As local protector. As semidivine and auspicious. Women saints.

Summary:

Discusses and depicts the Great Goddess under her many names, such as Shakti Devi, Kamakhya, Kali, Kumari, Lhamo, Minakshi, and Ma.

ISBN:

8185822638 (Mapin ; pbk. ; alk. paper)
9788185822631 (Mapin ; pbk. ; alk. paper)
3791321293 (Prestel ; pbk. ; alk. paper)
9783791321295 (Prestel ; pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Śakti (divinité hindoue)
Hindu art South Asia Exhibitions.
Hindu goddesses in art Exhibitions.
Art hindou Asie méridionale Expositions.
Déesses hindoues dans l'art Expositions.
Hindu art.
Hindu goddesses in art.
Devi.
Kunst.
Hindoeïsme.
Hindu art Asia, South Exhibitions.
Art hindou Asie du Sud Catalogues d'exposition.
Dieux hindous Dans l'art Catalogues d'exposition.
Déesses hindoues Catalogues d'exposition.
South Asia.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Coburn, Thomas B.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215953
Call No.: N8195.3.D4 D4 1999
Status: Available