Add to ORKGThe phenomena of Mother Goddess possession is not exclusive to Nepal. A similar phenomena has been identified in Punjab, northern India (Erndl). The goddess usually possesses a female and being possessed is seen as a grace, not an affliction. Erndl's interpretation is that the goddess 'plays' in people and speaks through them as a means of helping her devotees and showing them her power
Of all the religious practices and beliefs concerned with women in Indian culture, women granted sup...
In India, we find the worship of great mother in varying forms. The Female figures from Indus civili...
The subject of this thesis is the description of the logic of power relations between men and women ...
This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particul...
Shamanism is an ancient healing practice that has been adopted by countless countries throughout his...
The role of women throughout the body of Indian epic traditions is one whose themes prevail to moder...
This paper describes a short study of the séances and trance-performances of three Tibetan spirit-me...
Nepal, like many other third world countries is a family-orientated society where women are placed o...
The present diploma-work concerns the phenomenon of belief in female demonic beings and goddesses in...
India may be described as a land of goddesses. Far more than the gods, it is the goddesses who seem ...
Goddesses and female power have had a powerful position in mythology and they were considered by ma...
Mac Lean (M.D.) Woman as Aspects of the Mother Goddess in India: a Case Study of Ramakrishna. In: Ar...
The temple of the Goddess Kāmākhyā a in Assam is the pre-eminent site of Hindu Goddess worship. It i...
A shortened version of this paper should be published at Routledge's.This paper examines the phenome...
From Bombay to LA: The Travels of South Asian Cinema, Asian Research Institute, Singapor
Of all the religious practices and beliefs concerned with women in Indian culture, women granted sup...
In India, we find the worship of great mother in varying forms. The Female figures from Indus civili...
The subject of this thesis is the description of the logic of power relations between men and women ...
This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particul...
Shamanism is an ancient healing practice that has been adopted by countless countries throughout his...
The role of women throughout the body of Indian epic traditions is one whose themes prevail to moder...
This paper describes a short study of the séances and trance-performances of three Tibetan spirit-me...
Nepal, like many other third world countries is a family-orientated society where women are placed o...
The present diploma-work concerns the phenomenon of belief in female demonic beings and goddesses in...
India may be described as a land of goddesses. Far more than the gods, it is the goddesses who seem ...
Goddesses and female power have had a powerful position in mythology and they were considered by ma...
Mac Lean (M.D.) Woman as Aspects of the Mother Goddess in India: a Case Study of Ramakrishna. In: Ar...
The temple of the Goddess Kāmākhyā a in Assam is the pre-eminent site of Hindu Goddess worship. It i...
A shortened version of this paper should be published at Routledge's.This paper examines the phenome...
From Bombay to LA: The Travels of South Asian Cinema, Asian Research Institute, Singapor
Of all the religious practices and beliefs concerned with women in Indian culture, women granted sup...
In India, we find the worship of great mother in varying forms. The Female figures from Indus civili...
The subject of this thesis is the description of the logic of power relations between men and women ...