PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction: The Vindication of the Goddess in the Puranic Tradition
Part I. The Teo Bhagavatas: Contending Revelations and Visions of the Divine
1. Origins and Transmission of the Two Bhagavata Puranas: A Canonical and Theological Dilemma
2. Horsing Around with Visnu: A Case of Capital Murder
3. Who Slew Vrtrasura? Deception, Redemption, and Grace in the Two Bhagavatas
Part II. The Two Devi-Mahatmyas: Revisions Within the Tradition
4. The Three Great Adventures of the Devi: Heroic Eroticism and Maternal Compassion
5. The Great Manifestations of the Devi: Maha-Kali, Maha-Laksmi, Maha-Sarasvati
6. Of Merchants and Kings: Worship and Its Fruits in the Frame Stories of the Devi-Bhagavata and Markandeya Puranas
Part III. The Two Gitas: The Harmonization of Traditions and the Transcendence of Gender
7. The Devi Gita and the Bhagavad Gita: Self-Revelations of the Supreme Reality
8. Gita-Reflections in the Mystic Isles: Narada's Journey to the White Island and Trimurti's Journey to the Jeweled Island
Conclusion: The Triumph of the Goddess
Appendix: Three Theories on the Text-History of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana
ABBREVIATIONS
GLOSSARY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX