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21 - Fierce Goddesses of India

Durga and Kali

from Part IV - Featured Conflicts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2023

By
June McDaniel
Edited by
Margo Kitts
Margo Kitts
Affiliation:
Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
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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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DurgaKaliNavaratriTantra
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 415 - 427
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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