Tantric visions of the divine feminine
Subtitle: the ten Maha vidya s
By: David Kinsley
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9788120815223; 9788120815230
Subjects: De esse; Divinite s indiennes; Hindouisme tantrique
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: I; label: Part I
title: The Mahāvidyās as a Group; title: The Ten Mahāvidyās
pagenum: 9; title: Typical Literary and Iconographic Contexts
pagenum: 14; title: The Mahāvidyās as Forms of the Mahādevī
pagenum: 18; title: Mahāvidyā Origin Myths
pagenum: 22; title: Interrelationships among the Mahāvidyās
pagenum: 38; title: Worship of the Mahāvidyās
pagenum: 49; title: The Mahāvidyās and Magical Powers
pagenum: 55; title: The Significance of the Term Mahāvidyā
pagenum: 57; title: Concluding Observations
pagenum: 61; label: Part II
title: The Individual Mahāvidyās; title: Kālī: The Black Goddess
pagenum: 67; title: Tārā: The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles
pagenum: 92; title: Tripura-sundarī: She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds
pagenum: 112; title: Bhuvaneśvarī: She Whose Body Is the World
pagenum: 129; title: Chinnamastā: The Self-Decapitated Goddess
pagenum: 144; title: Bhairavī: The Fierce One
pagenum: 167; title: Dhūmāvatī: The Widow Goddess
pagenum: 176; title: Bagalāmukhī: The Paralyzer
pagenum: 193; title: Mātangī: The Outcaste Goddess
pagenum: 209; title: Kamalā: The Lotus Goddess
pagenum: 223; label: Part III
title: Concluding Reflections; title: Corpses and Cremation Grounds
pagenum: 233; title: Skulls and Severed Heads
pagenum: 238; title: Sexuality and Awakened Consciousness
pagenum: 241; title: The Conjunction of Death and Sexual Imagery
pagenum: 244; title: The Roles of Women and Reverence for Women
pagenum: 246; title: The Potentially Liberating Nature of Social Antimodels
pagenum: 251; title: Notes
pagenum: 253; title: Glossary
pagenum: 281; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 289; title: Index
pagenum: 299