Miranda Shaw

Broschiertes Buch

Buddhist Goddesses of India

Beschreibung

The Indian Buddhist world abounds with goddesses--graceful nature divinities, maternal nurturers, potent healers, mighty protectors, transcendent wisdom figures, cosmic mothers of liberation, and dancing female Buddhas. Despite their importance in Buddhist thought and practice, female deities have received relatively little scholarly attention, and

Autor

Miranda Shaw is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Richmond. She is the author of Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1046g
• ISBN-13: 9780691168548
• ISBN-10: 0691168547
• Artikelnr.: 42518150