Goddess Traditions in Tantric Hinduism

History, Practice and Doctrine
Herausgeber: Olesen, Bjarne Wernicke

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Produktbeschreibung

Hinduism cannot be understood without the Great Goddess and the goddess-orientated ¿¿kta traditions. The Goddess pervades Hinduism at all levels, from aniconic village deities to high-caste pan-Hindu goddesses to esoteric, tantric goddesses. Nevertheless, the highly influential tantric forms of South Asian goddess worship have only recently begun to draw scholarly attention. This book addresses the increasing interest in the Great Goddess and the tantric traditions of India by exploring the history, doctrine and practices of the ¿¿kta tantric traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781138823341
• ISBN-10: 1138823341
• Artikelnr.: 42744488

Autorenporträt

Bjarne Wernicke Olesen is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK, and a teacher of classical South Asian languages and religions at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction 1.
akti in Early Tantric
aivism: Historical Observations on Goddesses, Cosmology, and Ritual in the Ni
v
satattvasähit
2. The (Un)Dreadful Goddess: Aghor
in Early
kta Tantras 3. Varieties of Melaka in the Jayadrathay
mala: Some Reflections on the Terms Häha and Priya 4. Snakebite Goddesses in the Sì
kta Traditions: Roots and Incorporations of Tvarit
, Kurukull
, and Bherunòdò
5. The C
l
as
akti: Untouchable Women in Some Tantric Texts 6.
ktism and Hähayoga 7.
ktism, Polity and Society in Medieval Malabar