Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
First part - Mother Goddesses and Tara in Ancient India
This page describes Mother Goddesses and Tara in Ancient India from in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, ) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series “First part�.
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Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Alternative transliteration: oranai yappata muruvin melerit, tara valittatan melvait talakurac, cirtikal kaikal atanaittan melvaikkap, partikal patma canamena lakume oranai yappatha muruvin melerid, dara valithathan melvaith thazhaguras, sirthigazh kaigal athanaithan melvaikkap, parthigazh pathma sanamena lagume tirumantiram > munran tantiram > 4 atanam > patal: 559 patankali tutaikaliinmel onrakap poruntumaru erri, pin nanraka valittu iluttu avai tutaikaliin puram nirkumaru ceytu, appatankaliinmele...
Read full contents: Verse 559: Padmasana—Lotus Posture
Devi Tantra, Mantra, Yantra (study) [by Srider Basudevan Iyer]
Classification of the goddesses. Classification is an essential element of order. It helps in categorization and the systematic arrangement of data for understanding the nature of a deity Dange S. A has classified the mother goddesses, on the basis of the sacrifice and the victim offered to the mother goddess. The victim offered to the mother goddesses is Sankalia H. D. , Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan. p. 155, Bombay 1962 Dange S. A....
Read full contents: Introduction and classification of Goddesses
Matsya Purana (critical study) [by Kushal Kalita]
Shaktism, the cult of Shakti can be traced back to the worship of Mother Goddess or nature goddess of PreVedic age. The term shakti represents female divinity in general and energizing power of some divinity in particular. In the Rigveda, the mother cult is associated with prithivi (earth). Among the Rigvedic goddesses, the names of Usha, Prithvi, Aditi, Sarasvati, Apah may be acknowledged first....
Read full contents: Part 3 - Shaktism: The Devi-cult
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