Main Editors: Ramhari Timalsina / Astrid Zotter Documenta NepalicaReligions- und rechtsgeschichtliche Quellen des vormodernen Nepal |
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Goddesses have played a vital role for the conception, constitution and expression of rulership in Nepal. In royal ideology kings have depended one their śakti, "might" or "regal power", that manifests in many forms. Accordingly the Shah kings, as earlier dynasties too, sponsored rituals and worship places of different goddesses both, at their capitals as well as all throughout their realm. Tracing the relation between female deities and human rulers as well as the goddesses' relations to one another with a particular focus on the history and development of specific local worship traditions is the aim of this project.
Digutaleju
Guhyeśvarī
Kaḍelacoka Bhagavatī
Kumārī
Manakāmanā
Palāñcoka Bhagavatī
Taleju
Tripurasundarī
K_0316_0009: A lagata of a guṭhī of the Tripurasundarī temple in Tauthali, Sindhupalchok (VS 2008)