Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess

Explores the identity of the Hindu Great Goddess and how it relates to the many goddesses worshipped in India.

While Hindus recognize and revere a variety of different goddesses, they also tend to speak of one Great Goddess, Mahadevi, as a singular divine being who is the unity underlying all female deities. In this book, ten scholars reflect on both the diverse depictions of Mahadevi found in textual and devotional environments and the ways that the singularity and multiplicity of the divin...