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	Devotion to Durga
		The Devimahatmya tells of three cosmic interventions by Durga on behalf of the gods: the battle with Madhu and Kaitabha, the battle with Mahisa as a buffalo-demon, and the battle with Sumbha and Nisumbha.
		The Devimahatmya describes her as a personal saviour who will save her devotees from forest fires, wild animals, robbers, imprisonment, execution, and battle.
		At the Durga Puja repetition of the Devimahatmya confers whatever boons the devotee prays for.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/durga.html (1406 words)

	goddess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The glory of the Goddess was first extolled in text in the Devimahatmya, a portion of the Markandeya Purana (5th-7th centuries), but her worship was ultimately closely linked to the development of tantra, a Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist phenomenon that grew out of both non-elite folk traditions and scholarly and philosophical traditions.
		Worship of the Goddess is particularly associated with tantra, and is known for its inclusion of practices (particularly blood sacrifice) that are outside brahminical, mainstream tradition.
		The figure of Durga, as described in detail in the Devimahatmya, is known as "Mahishasuramardini," the killer of Mahisha, the demon (Figure 1).
	www.tornbjerg-gym.dk /religion/goddess.htm (774 words)

	The HinduSaktha Home Page
		In a setting that respects all religions and draws on the practices of several, Kali remains overwhelmingly authentic, with certain facets of her personality merely emphasized or deemphasized to suit the radically different circumstances of her new followers and surroundings.
		She is both the maternal goddess praised by Ramprasad and the fierce devourer of the Devimahatmya.
		Like the fierce Camunda Kali of the Devimahatmya, who consumes the flow of Raktabija's demonic blood, Kali consumes whatever pain and evil is offered to her, while bestowing fearlessness even to those for whom death is imminent.
	hindusaktha.freeservers.com /facesofmaa.html (6035 words)

	Watches-In Praise of the Goddess- The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Devimahatmya addresses the perennial questions of the nature of the universe, humankind, and divinity.
		Written in the form of a narrative of a dispossessed king, a merchant betrayed by the family he loves, and a seer, this classic presents a trilogy of myths concerning the all-powerful Divine Mother, Durga-, and the fierce battles she wages against the throngs of demonic foes.
		This easy-to-read translation of the Devimahatmya combines sound scholarship with an insider’s perspective based on 35 years of spiritual practice within the Hindu religion.
	www.minihttpserver.net /z_watches/A_in_praise_of_the_god-089254080X.htm (749 words)

	Weiser Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		About 16 centuries ago, an unknown Indian author or authors gathered together the diverse threads of already ancient traditions and wove them into a verbal tapestry that today is still the central text for worshippers of the Hindu Devi, the Divine Mother.
		This spiritual classic, the Devimahatmya, addresses the perennial questions of the nature of the universe, humankind, and divinity.
		We sense their enchantment at nature’s bounty and their terror before its destructive fury, their recognition of the good and evil in the human heart, and their understanding that everything in our experience is the expression of a greater reality, personified as the Divine Mother.
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	A Short History of Religious and Philosophic Thought in India by Swami Krishnananda
		In the Devimahatmya, the goddess is described as having manifested herself in three significant forms - Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasarasvati.
		The hymns to Devi in the Devimahatmya are charged with a fervour of feeling and charm of expression which are rarely seen in religious literature.
		The Devi-Sukta of the Rig-Veda, the Sakta Upanishads, the Mahabharata, the Devimahatmya, the Devi-Bhagavata, Lalitopakhyana, the Sakta Agamas and the works of Bhaskararaya glorify Devi in her various aspects.
	www.swami-krishnananda.org /hist/hist_7b.html (1362 words)

	CSWR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Modern studies on the goddess Durga concentrate mainly on the Devimahatmya, the first comprehensive text about the function and significance of the goddess whose primary mythological aim is to maintain the balance of cosmic order by vanquishing the demons.
		The authority of the text of the Devimahatmya is so widespread that it seems that the Durga-Puja ceremonies are an invention of the Shastric tradition.
		A closer look at the rituals performed during the Durga-Puja reveal that the roots of this worship lie in the nature-oriented, village-based, agricultural communities of India, whose lives were intimately bound to the seasonal rhythms and crop cycle.
	www.hds.harvard.edu /cswr/research/ecology/bio_khanna.html (353 words)

	Airlift Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The spiritual classic, the Devimahatmya, is a central text for worshippers of the Hindu Goddess Devi.
		Written about 16 centuries ago, it addresses the perennial questions of the nature of the universe, humankind, and divinity.
		This is the first translation of the Devimahatmya to combine sound scholarship, the language skills of a native English speaker, and an insider's perspective based on 35 years of spiritual practice within the Hindu tradition.
	www.airlift.co.uk /perl/showbook.pl?stockcode=INPRAOFTP (70 words)

	Tantra - The Many Faces of Kali
		This book within a book is known as the Devimahatmya, the Shri Durga Saptashati, or the Chandi.
		At one point Munda hurls thousands of discusses at her, but they enter her mouth "as so many solar orbs vanishing into the denseness of a cloud" (Devimahatmya 7.18).
		Even the gods are said to have their origin and dissolution in her.
	www.iloveulove.com /spirituality/hindu/tantrafacesofkali.htm (6049 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		His work is just in time for this lifetime!" —Mary Margaret Funk, Executive Director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue "Few aspects of India's timeless spiritual tradition have been as misunderstood in the West as the worship of the Divine Mother.
		It is a wonderful thing when the warmth of a real devotee fuels the passion for accuracy and the sheer lucidity that characterize the best sort of scholarly work, and this is exactly what the author has given us."—Carol Lee Flinders, author of Rebalancing the World and Enduring Grace.
		"Devimahatmya is the fundamental text of the Shakta Tantric tradition manifest in its most vibrant form.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/089254080X?v=glance (980 words)

	In Praise Of The Goddess: The Devimahatmya & Its Meaning by Devadatta (Tr.) Kali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Praise Of The Goddess: The Devimahatmya & Its Meaning by Devadatta (Tr.) Kali
		This new translation provides a thorough introduction to Hinduism as well as insight into goddess worship and the divine feminine.
		The Devimahatmya originated some 16 centuries ago, and remains today the central text for worshipers of the Hindu Devi, the Divine Mother.
	www.insight-books.com /GDSF/089254080x.html (88 words)

	Ancient India Kali Cult : Indian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Encircling her traditional forms of the goddess with the shrine is a freshly severed head represents the devimahatmya the book soft focus of reference in our link you can be done at least thousand years before her role in the heart of ramprasad wrote the tie that respects all were eventually.
		Volunteers need the devimahatmya the world in which transcends the south asia kelm.
		Simply put as the mothers sweeter than of the fire god's immortal love song of origin cannot be aware of the moral law.
	www.goddess-kali-ma.com /articles/ancient-india-kali-cult?indian (933 words)

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		Inasmuch as the phenomenal, empirical world is constituted by thought (sattva), energy (rajas) and stuff (tamas), and inasmuch as these components actually constitute the body or very being of the feminine principle of materiality (Prakriti), one can see how easily such a philosophical orientation would lend itself to the development of a Great Goddess theology.
		This is exactly what happens in the second textual source for the development of the Great Goddess tradition, namely, a text known as the Devimahatmya (or "The Glorification of the Goddess") found in a larger text called the Markendeya Purana, dating perhaps from the fifth and sixth century of the Common Era.
		Kali as the great goddess is dramatically ambivalent, her left side signifying her destructive powers along with the garland of heads and girdle of severed hands and the blood-dripping tongue, her right side signifying peace and life-giving nourishment.
	www.indiana.edu /~isp/cd_rom/mod_07/mod_07_x.htm (1433 words)

	Vedanta - In Praise of the Goddess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This spiritual classic,the Devimahatmya, addresses the perennial questions of the nature of the universe, humankind, and divinity: How are they related, how do we live in a world torn between good and evil, and how do we find lasting satisfaction and inner peace?
		In these allegories, her adversaries represent our all-too-human impulses toward power, possessions, and pleasure.
		â¢ The first translation of the Devimahatmya to combine sound scholarship, the language skills of a native English speaker, and an insiderâs perspective based on 35 years of spiritual practice within the Hindu tradition.
	www.vedanta.com /showbook.cfm?booknum=10000898 (156 words)

	Nicolas-Hays, Inc. © 2004 • Updated 12/15/04
		This is the first translation of the Devimahatmya to combine sound scholarship, the language skills of a native English speaker, and his insider's perspective based on 35 years of spiritual practice within the Hindu tradition.
		About 16 centuries ago, an unknown Indian author or authors gathered the diverse threads of already ancient traditions and wove them into a verbal tapestry that today is still the central text for worshippers of the Hindu Goddess.
		Those questions and their answers form the substance of the Devimahatmya.
	www.nicolashays.com /_wsn/page7.html (1210 words)

	Nepal / The Goddess Ambika Leading the Eight Mother Goddesses in Battle Against the Demon Raktabija, Folio from a ...
		Nepal / The Goddess Ambika Leading the Eight Mother Goddesses in Battle Against the Demon Raktabija, Folio from a Devimahatmya (Glory of the Goddess) / early 18th century
		The Goddess Ambika Leading the Eight Mother Goddesses in Battle Against the Demon Raktabija, Folio from a Devimahatmya (Glory of the Goddess)
		This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world.
	www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico1242457-71777.html (328 words)

	Words Alive! - Project 1Teachers' Zone
		This is a beautiful palm-leaf manuscript of the Devimahatmya, a Sanskrit hymn extolling the Goddess as the Supreme Principle of the Universe.
		It was copied in 'Newari' script in 1549 and illuminated in Nepal with thirty-two miniatures and painted covers in the reign of Jayapranamalla of Bhaktapur (1523 - ?
		The story of the goddess is explained to both of these by the sage Medhas over the course of the hymn.
	www.blewa.co.uk /project1/teachers/T1-5-b2.htm (272 words)

	Devimahatmya Essays, Term Papers on Devimahatmyas, and Research Paper Essay Help
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		How does the conception of the Goddess contained in the devimahatmya compare to that of popular Hinduism?
		The DM is the first surviving Sanskrit text concerned primarily with worship of the goddess, being composed around the 6th century AD.
		Howley & Wulff) (5) A. Ostor - the play of the gods: locality, ideology structure and time in the festivals of a Bengali town (6) TB Coburn - Mahavidyas
	www.srcf.ucam.org /~do227/year2/030504DeviMahatmyaEssay.txt (1025 words)

	bhujimol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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		of Bhujimol Sites about Bhujimol Search Bhujimol What is Bhujimol Search Results for andquot;Bhujimolandquot; from bharathnet.com Bhujimol script, palm-leaf MS of the Devimahatmya, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
		sources: â¢ Ancient Scripts, Lawrence K Lo, http://www.ancientscripts.com/phonetics.html â¢ Bhujimol script, palm-leaf MS of the Devimahatmya, Bihar or Nepal, 11th century.
	bhujimol.networklive.org (281 words)

	In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning Book - Reviews - Description - Martial Arts Books & ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning Book - Reviews - Description - Martial Arts Books and Videos
		In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning - Book
		This is a superb translation and presentation of the Devi Mahatmya, complete with a long introduction, insightful commentary sections after each of the Devi Mahatmya's chapters, endnotes, the original devanagiri Sanskrit text, and transliteration of that script into English lettering for easy chanting by those not (yet) adept at reading the ancient sanskrit lettering.
	www.eisshinryu.com /martial/devadatta-kali-in-praise-of-the-goddess-the-devimahatmya-and-its-meaning-asin-089254080X.html (163 words)

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		In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning by Devadatta Kali, ISBN 089254080X
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	The Message of the Chandi
		A regular contributor to Vedanta journals throughout the world, the author’s book Chandi, In Praise of the Goddess: The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning, is due to be published by Nicholas-Hays in December, 2003.
		Still later its imagery inspired the Bengali mystics, Ramprasad and Kamalakanta, whose devotional songs so often evoked ecstatic moods in Sri Ramakrishna.
		The most common and widely recognized is Devimahatmya [The Glory of the Goddess].
	www.vedanta.org /reading/monthly/articles/2003/2.message_of_chandi.html (6208 words)

	kali- the mother
		"According to the Devimahatmya, Kali sprang forth from the furrowed brow of the goddess Durga in order to slay the demons Chanda and Munda.
		"The Devimahatmya paints an even more gruesome portrait.
		Accordingly, Kali's Indian devotees form a particularly intimate and loving bond with her.
	home.arcor.de /maatrix/texts/kali.html (911 words)

	Browse by Date - Norton Simon Museum
		Folio Illustrating Episodes from the Jarasandha Story, 1625-50.
		Folio from a Devimahatmya: Vishnu with Madhu and Kaitabha, 18th century.
		Folio from a Ragamala Series: Agada Ragaputra, 1750-75.
	www.nortonsimon.org /collections/browse_date.asp?date=17-18c&page=2 (35 words)

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