Kinsley, David <br/><br/>
Tantric visions of the divine fiminine: The ten Mahavidyas/ 
David Kinsley 
 - Delhi:  Motilal Banarsidass,  1998. 
 - 318 p. 
<br/><br/>PART I. THE MAHAVIDYAS AS A GROUP<br/>The Ten Mahavidyas 9;<br/> Typical Literary and Iconographic Contexts <br/> The Mahavidyas as Forms of the MahadevI <br/>Mahavidya Origin Myths <br/> Interrelationships among the Mahavidyas <br/> Worship of the Mahavidyas<br/>The Mahavidyas and Magical Powers <br/> The Significance of the Term Mahavidya <br/> Concluding Observations <br/>PART II. THE INDIVIDUAL MAHAVIDYAS<br/>Kali: The Black Goddess<br/>Tara: The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles<br/>Tripura-sundarl: She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds<br/>Bhuvane^arl: She Whose Body Is the World<br/>Chinnamasta: The Self-Decapitated Goddess<br/>Bhairavl: The Fierce One<br/>Dhumavati: The Widow Goddess<br/>Bagalamukhl: The Paralyzer<br/>Matarigi: The Outcaste Goddess<br/>Kamala: The Lotus Goddess<br/>PART III. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS<br/>Corpses and Cremation Grounds <br/> Skulls and Severed Heads <br/>Sexuality and Awakened Consciousness <br/>The Conjimction of Death and Sexual Imagery <br/>The Roles of Women and Reverence for Women <br/> The Potentially Liberating Nature of Social Antimodels  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788120815223 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> déesse -- féminin (principe) -- tantrisme.<br/>féminin (principe)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.5514  / KIN/T