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- Title Pages
- A British Academy Monograph
- Dedication
- Figures, Maps and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Cult of Nidrā-Kālarātri, Goddess of Sleep, Swoon, Death and the Night (<i>c</i>. 3rd to 5th Century)
- Chapter 2 Caṇḍikā, Pārvatī’s Unwanted Self (<i>c</i>. 5th to 7th Century)
- Chapter 3 Taking over Skanda (<i>c</i>. 6th to 7th Century)
- Chapter 4 Patronage, the Civilizational Process and the Spread of Heroic Śāktism (<i>c</i>. 7th to 11th Century)
- Chapter 5 The Regional Cults of Goddesses Merged with Durgā
- Chapter 6 Heroic Śāktism and the Myths of Civilization
- Chapter 7 Navarātra: The Festival of the Nine Nights
- Conclusion Durgā and the Making of Early Indian Civilization
- Bibliography
- Index
Title Pages
Title Pages
- Source:
- Heroic Shāktism
- Author(s):
Bihani Sarkar
- Publisher:
- British Academy
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- Title Pages
- A British Academy Monograph
- Dedication
- Figures, Maps and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Cult of Nidrā-Kālarātri, Goddess of Sleep, Swoon, Death and the Night (<i>c</i>. 3rd to 5th Century)
- Chapter 2 Caṇḍikā, Pārvatī’s Unwanted Self (<i>c</i>. 5th to 7th Century)
- Chapter 3 Taking over Skanda (<i>c</i>. 6th to 7th Century)
- Chapter 4 Patronage, the Civilizational Process and the Spread of Heroic Śāktism (<i>c</i>. 7th to 11th Century)
- Chapter 5 The Regional Cults of Goddesses Merged with Durgā
- Chapter 6 Heroic Śāktism and the Myths of Civilization
- Chapter 7 Navarātra: The Festival of the Nine Nights
- Conclusion Durgā and the Making of Early Indian Civilization
- Bibliography
- Index
