Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls

Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9780195167900
ISBN-13 : 0195167902
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Book Synopsis Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls by : June McDaniel

Download or read book Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls written by June McDaniel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through its myths, folklore, songs, rituals, sacred texts, and practitioners, tracing these strands through Bengali culture.


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