Author: Dikshitar, V.R. Ramachandra
Title: The Lalita Cult
Description: Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, (1991). Reprint, orig.cloth. 22x14cm, v,(4),100 pp, A reprint of the 1942 edition.. Frontispiece, 1 plate. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ A study of the Lalita cult from a historical point of view,mainly based on the 'Lalitopakhyana' section of the 'Brahmanda Purana' .Contents: The Purpose of the Manifestation of Lalita & its Fulfillment; The Cult of Lalita; Saktism through the Ages; The Durga Cult & other Aspects of Saktism; Saktism & the Tantra Treatises; The Philosophical Basis of the Cult.

Keywords: History of Religion, Hinduism, Ancient India, Lalita, Hindu Goddesses, Durga, Shakti, Sakti, Parvati