Tantric visions of the divine fiminine: The ten Mahavidyas/ David Kinsley
Material type: TextPublication details: Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1998Description: 318 pISBN: 9788120815223Subject(s): déesse -- féminin (principe) -- tantrisme | féminin (principe)DDC classification: 294.5514Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 294.5514 KIN/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P13635 |
PART I. THE MAHAVIDYAS AS A GROUP
The Ten Mahavidyas 9;
Typical Literary and Iconographic Contexts
The Mahavidyas as Forms of the MahadevI
Mahavidya Origin Myths
Interrelationships among the Mahavidyas
Worship of the Mahavidyas
The Mahavidyas and Magical Powers
The Significance of the Term Mahavidya
Concluding Observations
PART II. THE INDIVIDUAL MAHAVIDYAS
Kali: The Black Goddess
Tara: The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles
Tripura-sundarl: She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds
Bhuvane^arl: She Whose Body Is the World
Chinnamasta: The Self-Decapitated Goddess
Bhairavl: The Fierce One
Dhumavati: The Widow Goddess
Bagalamukhl: The Paralyzer
Matarigi: The Outcaste Goddess
Kamala: The Lotus Goddess
PART III. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
Corpses and Cremation Grounds
Skulls and Severed Heads
Sexuality and Awakened Consciousness
The Conjimction of Death and Sexual Imagery
The Roles of Women and Reverence for Women
The Potentially Liberating Nature of Social Antimodels
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