Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Classical Foundations
- Part II Just War
- Part III Religious Nationalism
- Part IV Featured Conflicts
- 19 Christian Crusading, Ritual, and Liturgy
- 20 A Paradigm of Pious Jihād in the Muslim Ethos
- 21 Fierce Goddesses of India
- 22 The Demonological Framework of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace
- 23 War Outside the State
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
21 - Fierce Goddesses of India
Durga and Kali
from Part IV - Featured Conflicts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Classical Foundations
- Part II Just War
- Part III Religious Nationalism
- Part IV Featured Conflicts
- 19 Christian Crusading, Ritual, and Liturgy
- 20 A Paradigm of Pious Jihād in the Muslim Ethos
- 21 Fierce Goddesses of India
- 22 The Demonological Framework of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace
- 23 War Outside the State
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
While the warriors of India through the centuries have been primarily male, the great deities of war have been female. This chapter examines two of the most important war goddesses of India: Durga and Kali.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 415 - 427Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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