What the Shiva Purana actually says (Shiva Sati story)

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Namaste Prainbow!

 

Thank you very much for your generous and encouraging comments about my

posting. It's nice to meet someone who combines an interest in the vision

of the Devi with a concern for scholarship.

>I'm a long time research buff myself

>so I feel more comfortable with the old fashioned scholarly approach.

>I've not yet reached a point where I feel confident about web

>information on subjects with which I'm not familiar.

 

The way I see it, information from the web isn't inherently unreliable, but

it's important to distinguish between primary sources and secondary

sources. For instance, if you want to know about a statement that the Pope

issued last week, then a website belonging to the Vatican would be an

excellent primary source. A commentary or summary in someone else's website

would be a secondary source, though it might be very interesting.

>I'm so very interested in this area of study and more than a little

>intimidated by the amount of information available.

 

I can relate to what you're saying. There is a lot of information

available, both primary and secondary, but primary texts like the Devi Gita

weren't written specifically with a modern readership in mind, and the

interpretations in secondary texts are sometimes questionable.

>It's too difficult

>for a novice to sort all of it out.

 

Perhaps a list like this can help like-minded people to sort out some of it

together.

>Previously devi_bhakta has posted

>specific guidance regarding books in English that contain the text of

>the Devi Gita and Devi Bhagavatam. This was very helpful to me.

>Unfortunately, I cannot locate the post right now, but I do have my

>copy of the Devi Gita and am not yet ready for the Devi Bhagavatam.

 

Please let us know how you go with your study of the Devi Gita.

 

Om Shantih,

 

Colin.