In celebration : Navarathri. DEVI MAHATMYA

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There are at least two translations to

English on the web, although neither

online English translation is any where

as good as Devadatta Kali's luminous book:

 

_In Praise of the Goddess:

The Devimahatmya and Its Meaning_

by Devadatta Kali

(David Nelson)

ISBN: 089254080X

 

Here's a review, with an extended quote from the book:

http://www.meaus.com/devimahatmya-review.htm

 

And here are the URLs for the online versions/translations:

 

Devi Mahatmyam

In English

Introduction includes suggestions for

reading the DM during Navaratri

(copy and paste the URL back together)

http://www.srividya.org/Srividya/

index.php?/SVTS/articles/other/the_devi_mahatmyam

or

http://tinyurl.com/8kfv4

 

The Devi Mahatmya

In English; abridged and edited

http://www.hinduism.co.za/durga.htm

 

And here are two essays discussing the DM.

 

I believe both of these links, if not the essays

themselves, have been posted here before,

so this is a bit of a recycle....but perhaps

it's a seasonally-appropriate one.

 

The Message of the Chandi

by Devadatta Kali

(copy and paste the URL back together)

http://www.vedanta.org/reading/monthly

/articles/2003/2.message_of_chandi.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/cr2w5

 

The Esoteric Significance Of The Devi-Mahatmya

by Swami Krishnananda

http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/devi_mahatmya.htm