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Tantric visions of the divine fiminine: The ten Mahavidyas/ David Kinsley

By: Kinsley, DavidMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1998Description: 318 pISBN: 9788120815223Subject(s): déesse -- féminin (principe) -- tantrisme | féminin (principe)DDC classification: 294.5514

Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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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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