India is a land of many cults, and a critical and historical study of these cults, no doubt, affords abiding interest to students of ancient Indian culture. The present volume attempts to study the cult of Lalita from a historical stand-point. Though this study is mainly based on the Lalitopakhyana section of the Brahmanda Purana, an endeavour is made to review other phases of the Sakti cult and its place in Vedic literature, and particularly to examine its philosophic basis. If this book would help in removing some misconceptions and unproved theories which have obscured the true import and value of the Sakti cult, the author would feel amply rewarded.
I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Profes-sor K. A. Nilakanta Sastri for his valuable guidance, and to Dewan Bahadur K. S. Ramaswami Sastri and Sri S. S. Suryanarayana Sastri for helpful suggestions in the course of preparing this work, especially the last chapter.
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