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The Swasthani Vrata Katha: A Secret Vow to the Goddess
The Swasthani Vrata Katha: A Secret Vow to the Goddess
The Swasthani Vrata Katha (The Story of the Ritual Vow to the Goddess Swasthani) is the most widely read, recited, and listened to Hindu devotional text, especially of local indigenous origin, among Hindu laity in Nepal. This book offers the first full-length scholarly English translation of this important text from the original Nepali.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| To be released | August 25, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9780197553442 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 344 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 249 × 29 mm · 649 g |
| Translator | Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine (Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University) |
| Translator | Chudal, Alaka Atreya (Senior Lecturer in Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies, Senior Lecturer in Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna) |