RELG 252 Lecture 7: RELG 252 - Lecture 7
22 Feb 2018
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Sectarian lecture con"t: son of shiva and parvati, his root associations with vedic texts demonstrates that he appears independently within the. Is considered the remover of obstacles mythological records: brother is skanda: not popular in northern india. But in south india skanda is known as. This demonstrates that a god popular in one region is not popular in other regions (regional variation) Goddesses (devi): devi: goddesses, there are different kinds of goddesses , spouse goddesses: laxsmi, village goddesses manarayam, river and tree goddesses ganga, goddess of sound, goddess as brahman, tantric goddesses. Independent goddesses: mahadevi: is the center goddess. In her tantric form, she is srividya (auspicious wisdom) Is an auspicious, married, domesticated goddess: associated with prosperity, framed on a lotus, her relationship to vishu is one of devoted service. Durga: also looks domesticated like laksmhi, but also serves as a warrior and thus has similar powers as kali.
