Maheshwari, Madhurika K
The Buddhist Goddess - Hariti, comparable to the Brahmanical Sitala, has a dramatic life story; with many ups and down. Born to a yaksha king, married into another important yaksha royal family, she turns into child - eating ogress. Ultimately she gets converted by Sakyamuni Buddha Himself and attains arhatship. Riding on the Buddhist wave she becomes a cultic figure and travels to Central Asia...
Publisher: IIRNS Publications
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Title: From ogress to goddess Hariti: a Buddhist deity
Author: Maheshwari, Madhurika K
ISBN 13: 9788186786277
ISBN 10: 8186786279
Year: 2009
Pages etc.: 244p., (135)col. pls., (160)ill., gloss., bibl., ind., 22cm.
Binding: Hardbound
Place of publication: Nasik
Publisher: IIRNS Publications
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