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Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal McDermott, Rachel Fell (Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College)
Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal
McDermott, Rachel Fell (Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College)
This collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma. These poems were written from the early-18th century up to the contemporary period. They represent the Bengali tradition of goddess worship (Saktism) as it developed over this period.
200 pages, 8 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 29, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195134339 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 201 × 132 × 20 mm · 459 g |
| Language | English |