Table of Contents

Preface Introduction A Note on the Translation Navasloki Devi Gita: The Essential Devi Gita in Nine Verses Chapter 1 The Appearance of the Great Goddess Before the Mountain King Himalaya and the Gods Chapter 2 The Goddess as the Supreme Cause of Creation Chapter 3 The Goddess Reveals Her Cosmic Body (The Viraj) Chapter 4 Instruction in the Yoga of Knowledge Chapter 5 Instruction in the Eight-limbed/Kundalini Yoga Chapter 6 The Goal of the Yogas: Knowledge of Brahman Chapter 7 Instruction in the Yoga of Devotion Chapter 8 Further Instruction in the Yoga of Devotion: The Sacred Sites, Rites, and Festivals of the Goddess Chapter 9 Vedic and Internal Forms of Goddess Worship Chapter 10 The Tantric Form of Goddess Worship and the Disappearance of the Great Goddess Afterword Appendix: Verse Index of the Epithets and Names of the Goddess Sanskrit Text Bibliography Index

About the Author

C. Mackenzie Brown is Professor of Religion at Trinity University. His previous books include The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Visions of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana, also published by SUNY Press, and God as Mother: A Feminine Theology in India; An Historical and Theological Study of the Brahmavaivarta Purana.