Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas - Rilegato

David Kinsley

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ISBN 10: 812081522X ISBN 13: 9788120815223

Casa editrice: Motilal Banarsidass, 1998

Riassunto

What is one to make of a group of goddesses that includes a goddess who cuts her own head off, a goddess who sits on a corpse while pulling the tongue of a demon, or a goddess who prefers sex with corpses? Tantra visions of the Divine Faminine deals with a group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, who embody habits, attributes, or identities, usually considered repulsive or socially subversive. It is within the context of tantric worship that devotees seek to identify themselves with these forbidding goddesses. The Mahavidyas, who embody habits, attributes, or identities, usually considered repulsive or socially subversive. It is within the context of tantric worship that devotees seek to identify themselves with these forbidding goddesses. The Mahavidyas seem to function as "awakeners" - symbols that help to project one's consciousness beyond the socially acceptable or predictable. Kinsley not only describes the eccentric qualities of each of these goddesses, but seeks to interpret the Mahavidyas as a group and to explain their importance for understanding Tantra and the Hindu tradition.

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Recensione:

This is a far-ranging and impressively comprehensive book... Kinsley's book will set a new standard for the kind of thorough scholarship that can and ideally should be brought to bear upon the interpretation of Hindu goddesses and Tantric deities. --Miranda Shaw

A wonderful study of these of fascinating and clorful goddessess.. Readable and engaging...this is a very important work. --Kathleen Erndl

L'autore:

David Kinsley is Professor of Religion at McMaster University, Canada. He is the author of Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition (California, 1985), and The Sword and the Flute: Kali and Krisna, Dark Visions of the Terrible and Sublime in Hindu Mythology (California, 1975).

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• Editore: Motilal Banarsidass
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 812081522X
• ISBN 13: 9788120815223
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 328