The Devī Gītā

This translation and commentary on an important Hindu text on the Great Goddess envisions a universe created and protected by a compassionate female deity. This book provides a translation, with introduction, commentary, and annotation, of the medieval Hindu Sanskrit text the Devi Gita (Song of the Goddess). It is an important but not well-known text from the rich SAakta (Goddess) tradition of India. The Devi Gita was composed about the fifteenth century C.E., in partial imitation of the famous