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| 100 | _aKinsley, David | ||
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_aTantric visions of the divine fiminine: The ten Mahavidyas/ _cDavid Kinsley |
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_aDelhi: _bMotilal Banarsidass, _c1998. |
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| 300 | _a318 p. | ||
| 505 | _aPART 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 | ||
| 650 | _a déesse -- féminin (principe) -- tantrisme. | ||
| 650 | _aféminin (principe) | ||
| 942 | _cWB16 | ||