Devi Mahatmya Ram Lal Kapoor Trust Trikala-pariksa

Trikala-pariksa

the Gild is a truly unique text advocating a middle ground between the rampant self-indulgent ritualism on the one hand and the escapist path of renunciation from the world on the other- It advocates selfless action for the betterment of the world as the essential factor of any and every path

ksatriyas and vaisyas-perform their rites strictly in accordance with the injunctions ordained by the Vedas

Mode of performing the ancestral rites 345 118

The implication of this position is that empirical errors can be transcended only in a larger and profounder empiricism

Devi Mahatmya Ram Lal Kapoor Trust Trikala-pariksaThe Devi Mitheitmya is well known to both devotees and scholars of the Indian Great Goddess. Composed some 1500 years ago, it is the first comprehensive account of the Goddess in Sanskrit, and it has maintained its centrality in the Goddess (Sakta) tradition to the present day. Like so much in that tradition, however, the text has until now resisted careful study from an historical perspective. It is this study that the present volume accomplishes.