The triumph of the goddess : the canonical models and theological visions of the Devī-Bhāgavata Purāṇa

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The triumph of the goddess : the canonical models and theological visions of the Devī-Bhāgavata Purāṇa

C. Mackenzie Brown

（SUNY series in Hindu studies）

State University of New York Press, c1990

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index

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The authors of the Devī-Bhāgavata Purāna endeavored to demonstrate the superiority of the Devī over competing masculine deities, and to articulate in new ways the manifold nature of the Goddess. Brown's book sets out to examine how the Purana pursues these ends. The Devī-Bhāgavata employs many ancient myths and motifs from older masculine theologies, incorporating them into a thoroughly "feminized" theological framework. The text also seeks to supplant older "masculine" canonical authorities. Part I of Brown's study explores these strategies by focusing on the Purana's self-conscious endeavor to supersede the famous VaisBhagavata Purana. The Devī-Bhāgavata also re-envisions older mythological traditions about the Goddess, especially those in the first great Sanskritic glorification of the Goddess, the Devi-Mahatmya. Brown shows in Part II how this re-envisioning process transforms the Devī from a primarily martial and erotic goddess into the World-Mother of infinite compassion. Part III examines the Devi Gita, the philosophical climax of the Purana modeled upon the Bhagavad Gita. The Devi Gita, while affirming that ultimate reality is the divine Mother, avows that her highest form as consciousness encompasses all gender, thereby suggesting the final triumph of the Goddess. It is not simply that She is superior to the male gods, but rather that She transcends Her own sexuality without denying it.

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PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: The Vindication of the Goddess in the Puranic Tradition Part I. The Teo Bhagavatas: Contending Revelations and Visions of the Divine 1. Origins and Transmission of the Two Bhagavata Puranas: A Canonical and Theological Dilemma 2. Horsing Around with Visnu: A Case of Capital Murder 3. Who Slew Vrtrasura? Deception, Redemption, and Grace in the Two Bhagavatas Part II. The Two Devi-Mahatmyas: Revisions Within the Tradition 4. The Three Great Adventures of the Devi: Heroic Eroticism and Maternal Compassion 5. The Great Manifestations of the Devi: Maha-Kali, Maha-Laksmi, Maha-Sarasvati 6. Of Merchants and Kings: Worship and Its Fruits in the Frame Stories of the Devi-Bhagavata  and Markandeya Puranas Part III. The Two Gitas: The Harmonization of Traditions and the Transcendence of Gender 7. The Devi Gita and the Bhagavad Gita: Self-Revelations of the Supreme Reality 8. Gita-Reflections in the Mystic Isles: Narada's Journey to the White Island and Trimurti's Journey to the Jeweled Island Conclusion: The Triumph of the Goddess Appendix: Three Theories on the Text-History of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana ABBREVIATIONS GLOSSARY NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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