Goddess traditions in Tantric Hinduism: history, practice and doctrine
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- General remarks -- This volume -- The Śākta Traditions project -- The conference -- Particulars -- Notes -- References -- 1. Śak...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Routledge
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in tantric traditions
Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions Ser. |
| Further subjects: | B
Tantrism
History
B Hindu goddesses History B Electronic books B Hindu goddesses - History |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Olesen, Bjarne Wernicke: Goddess Traditions in Tantric Hinduism : History, Practice and Doctrine. - : Taylor and Francis,c2015 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- General remarks -- This volume -- The Śākta Traditions project -- The conference -- Particulars -- Notes -- References -- 1. Śakti in early tantric Śaivism: historical observations on goddesses, cosmology and ritual in the Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā -- Introduction -- Mahādevī -- Śakti, cosmology and theology -- Śakti sets -- Mother-goddesses -- Ritual -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References 2. The (Un)Dreadful Goddess: Aghorī in early Śākta tantras -- Introduction -- 1 The triad of Aghora, ghora and ghoraghoratara -- 2 Aghorī in groups of eight goddesses -- 3 Aghorī or Aghoreśī as the supreme goddess -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Varieties of melaka in the Jayadrathayāmala: some reflections on the terms haṭha and priya -- Introduction -- Preliminary linguistic analysis of the collocation of the terms -- Conclusion to the analysis of collocation of selected terms -- Second reading: melaka as a visible ritual described in the Vidyāpīṭha texts Concluding remarks consisting in some reflections on haṭhamelaka-related transformation -- Notes -- References -- 4. Snakebite goddesses in the Śākta traditions: roots and incorporations of Tvaritā, Kurukullā and Bheruṇḍā -- Introduction -- Tvaritā -- Kurukullā -- Bheruṇḍā -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. The Cāṇḍālī as Śakti: untouchable women in some tantric texts -- Caṇḍālī - Chief Goddess, Lady of Hosts -- The Caṇḍāla woman -- The level of society -- Menstruation -- The level of mystical experience: the ḍombī of the Caryāgīti -- A tentative conclusion -- Notes -- References 6. Śāktism and haṭhayoga -- Introduction -- Early haṭhayoga -- Other methods of yoga -- Munis and siddhas -- The muni tradition of haṭhayoga -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7. Śāktism, polity and society in medieval Malabar -- Introduction -- Śāktic and Tantric Kerala -- Textual interventions -- Ethnological reflections -- Polity and Puranic Śākta goddesses -- Lineage of the Śākta officiants -- Brahman mantravāda, yogis, and popular religion -- Textual dynamics in social context -- Artifice and expurgation in blood-rites -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1317585216 |