At the Burning Ground: Death and Transcendence in Bengali Shaktism
The burning ground is both a place and a metaphor in the religion of Shaktism or goddess worship in West Bengal, India. As a place, it is where corpses are cremated. As a metaphor, it refers to the human heart, which has been left as a wasteland through sorrow and tragedy. It is when the soul loses...
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MDPI AG
2023-08-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/1014 |