Victory to the Mother
The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3958699 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sally J Sutherland Goldman, Kathleen M Erndl |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 691 |
| Publication date | 1995-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/604740 |
| OpenAlex | W2029545689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
The worship of Devi (the Goddess) is one of the most vigorous and visible religious phenomena in north-west India today. In this ground-breaking field-based study, Kathleen Erndl uses interviews, participant observations, and textual analysis to explore the nature of the Goddess and her devotees' experience of her
Ancient history · Art · Geography · Hinduism · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Political science · Symbol (formal) · Victory · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces
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Afterword
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The empowering image of the divine mother
Interpretation of Baladeva and Yamunā at Harivaṃśa 83
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Making God Present
Kālī’s Tongue
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Mother of Compassion, Mother of Wrath
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Māte Mahādēvi
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Finding a Voice in Shakti
Of the Religious and the (Non-)Feminine
Ancient Banyan
Goddess encounters
The female family core explored ethnosociologically
Processes of Secularization in Contemporary India
Mountains of Flesh and Seas of Blood”
A Reexamination of Marginal Religious Specialists
Mystics, Demoniacs, and the Physiology of Spirit Possession in Medieval Europe
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |