Devi Mahatmya Ram Lal Kapoor Trust I am especially pleased to

I am especially pleased to introduce this book because I have myself been advocating a somewhat similar interpretation of the Gild

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

Trikala-pariksa

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

Guidelines to Enlightened Living 226 2

Devi Mahatmya Ram Lal Kapoor Trust I am especially pleased toThe 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.