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Subtitle: Women, Sex, and Speech in Tantra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: September 11, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780195327823
Subjects: Hinduism; Women's studies; Hinduism - General; Religion / Hinduism; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Cult; History and criticism; India, Northeastern; Kåamåakhya (Hindu deity); Tantric literature; Women in Tantrism
Description: The role of women and ideas of gender are fundamental components of all religious traditions. This book examines the representations of women within Tantra using a case study of a selection of Hindu Tantric texts from the 15th through 18th centuries in Northeast India.