This book provides a translation, with introduction, commentary,
and annotation, of the medieval Hindu Sanskrit text the Devi Gita
(Song of the Goddess). It is an important but not well-known text
from the rich Sakta (Goddess) tradition of India. The Devi Gita was
composed about the fifteenth century C.E., in partial imitation of
the famous Bhagavad Gita (Song of the Lord), composed some fifteen
centuries earlier.
Around the sixth century C.E., following the rise of several
male deities to prominence, a new theistic movement began in which
the supreme being was envisioned as female, known as the Great
Goddess (Maha-Devi). Appearing first as a violent and blood-loving
deity, this Goddess gradually evolved into a more benign figure, a
compassionate World-Mother and bestower of salvific wisdom. It is
in this beneficent mode that the Goddess appears in the Devi
Gita.
This work makes available an up-to-date translation of the Devi
Gita, along with a historical and theological analysis of the text.
The book is divided into sections of verses, and each section is
followed by a comment explaining key terms, concepts, ritual
procedures, and mythic themes. The comments also offer comparisons
with related schools of thought, indicate parallel texts and
textual sources of verses in the Devi Gita, and briefly elucidate
the historical and religious background, supplementing the remarks
of the introduction.
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