Lakṣmī Pūjā Text

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. The Goddess Arrives in Delhi 1
5. The Divine Personalities of Lakṣmī
6. The Awesome Power of Auspiciousness 15
7. Living the Good Life 23
8. Living the Powerful Life 47
9. The Power of Poetry to Summon the Goddess
10. The Power of Vedic Hymns 63
11. The Power of Purāṇic Songs 67
12. The Power of Tantric Songs 71
13. Ceremony
14. Invoking Lakṣmī in Ceremony 93
15. Lakṣmī Pūjā Text 99
16. Song
17. Vedic Hymns to Lakṣmī 121
18. Purāṇic Songs to Lakṣmī 127
19. Tantric Songs to Lakṣmī 149
20. The Goddess Returns Home 203
21. Transliterated Sanskrit Texts 207
22. Notes 249
23. Bibliography 265
24. Index 275