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245 14 a| The Swasthani vrata katha :b| a secret vow to the goddess /c| translated and introduced by Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz and Alaka Atreya Chudal.;

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520 a| "The Swasthani Vrata Katha is the most widely read, recited, and listened to Hindu devotional text, especially of local indigenous origin, among Hindu laity in Nepal. Dedicated to and itself the physical embodiment of a local goddess named Swasthani, Nepali Hindus recite the Swasthani every year from cover to cover over the winter month of Magh (January-February). It is a collection of widely circulating Hindu myths about gods, demons, and divine dalliances that forefront Shiva, Sati, and Parvati but it is also a local folk story about women's real, everyday hardships and the rewards of attending to one's dharma and devotion to the goddess Swasthani. In Nepal, the Swasthani parallels the entrenched social, cultural, and religious importance of the Ramayana and Mahabharata elsewhere in the Hindu world and similarly provides a pervasive local vocabulary through the familiar trials and triumphs of Goma as a girl child, young wife, mother, and widow and those of her daughter-in-law Chandravati and their son/husband Navaraj"-- Provided by publisher.;

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The Swasthani vrata katha : a secret vow to the goddess / translated and introduced by Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz and Alaka Atreya Chudal.

Other author	Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine, 1975- editor, translator.
Other author	Chudal, Alaka Atreya, editor, translator.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Description	xix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Svasthani (Hindu deity)--Cult. --Nepal. Hinduism--Nepal. --Rituals. Folk religion--Nepal.

Uniform title	Swasthani. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/7d357033-3e08-69fa-97fd-b67cb98f84bb
Abstract	"The Swasthani Vrata Katha is the most widely read, recited, and listened to Hindu devotional text, especially of local indigenous origin, among Hindu laity in Nepal. Dedicated to and itself the physical embodiment of a local goddess named Swasthani, Nepali Hindus recite the Swasthani every year from cover to cover over the winter month of Magh (January-February). It is a collection of widely circulating Hindu myths about gods, demons, and divine dalliances that forefront Shiva, Sati, and Parvati but it is also a local folk story about women's real, everyday hardships and the rewards of attending to one's dharma and devotion to the goddess Swasthani. In Nepal, the Swasthani parallels the entrenched social, cultural, and religious importance of the Ramayana and Mahabharata elsewhere in the Hindu world and similarly provides a pervasive local vocabulary through the familiar trials and triumphs of Goma as a girl child, young wife, mother, and widow and those of her daughter-in-law Chandravati and their son/husband Navaraj"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Translated from the Nepalese.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Swasthani. English Secret vow to the goddess New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] 9780197553473
LCCN	2025036557
ISBN	9780197553442
ISBN	0197553443 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic book

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