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Re: Goddesses
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Subject: Re: Goddesses
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From: jancanan@olympus.net (Janine Canan)
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Date: 30 Oct 1995 20:34:10 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 474 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Internet for the Olympic Peninsula
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References: <45bppb$5rk@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <45k5lr$j0c@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <45k5lr$j0c@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu
(Dhruba Chakravarti) wrote:
> Erin Rado (goddess@goddess.com) wrote:
> : I am currently writing an encyclopedia of Goddesses, Heroines, and Famous
> : Women. I would appreciate all the suggestions that anyone has to
offer. While
> : I know a great deal about main-stream Goddess figures and archetypes,
I would
> : love to hear about the more overlooked women of mythology and history.
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> : Please send all return messages to Erin Rado. My email
goddess@goddess.com so
> : as not to clog this forum with too many postings. Please let me know
the name
> : of the Goddess or Heroine, her brief history or area, and any sources of
> : further information for use in my biblography.
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> : Thanks too you all,
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> : Erin Rado
> : The Goddess Shoppe
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> Dear Erin Rado:
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> I am curious about your remark saying that you 'know a great deal'.
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> For Hindus, Goddesses are merely manifestations of the one God. In the
> Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna does not even mention any Goddess and
> calls the Mother principle as 'Mahadbrahma' as:
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> Mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmin garbham dadhAmyaham.
> sambhavah sarvabhutAnAm tato bhavati bhArata. SBG 14.3.
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> ( I impregnate my femaleness called 'Mahadbrahma'; and from there,
> o descendant of Bharat, is born all creation.)
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> If you'd read Sri Aurobindo's booklet called, "Mother", you will have a
> better understanding of the Hindu 'Goddesses'.
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> Regards,
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> Dhruba.
>
> Dear Eri and Dhruba--Consider Lalita:
"Salutations to Her who is called Lalitambika (Lalita the Playful) because
Her Cosmic functions are just like a sport to Her, and Ambika because she
is the Mother of all." (LALITA-SAHASRANAMA)
Ma Om. J.C.
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