Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine

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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).

Klappentext
"A far-ranging and impressively comprehensive book with exemplary iconographic analyses. Kinsley has drawn together a group of rare, stunning, and fascinating images."--Miranda Shaw, author of Passionate Enlightenment

Zusammenfassung
The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine feminine - deities representing a wide range of symbolic, social, and meditative meanings. This book documents a highly unusual group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, many of whom are strongly associated with sexuality and violence.

Inhalt
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS    
Introduction

PART I. THE MAHAVIDYAS AS A GROUP
The Ten Mahavidyas; Typical Literary and Iconographic Contexts; The Mahavidyas as Forms of the Mahadevi;
Mahavidya Origin Myths; Interrelationships among the Mahavidyas; Worship of the Mahavidyas;
The Mahavidyas and Magical Powers; The Significance of the Term Mahavidya;
Concluding Observations

PART II. THE INDIVIDUAL MAHAVIDYAS
Kali: The Black Goddess    
Tara: The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles    
Tripura-sundari: She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds    
Bhuvanegvari: She Whose Body Is the World    
Chinnamasta: The Self-Decapitated Goddess
Bhairavi: The Fierce One    
Dharnavati: The Widow Goddess    
Bagalamukhi: The Paralyzer    
Matarigi: The Outcaste Goddess    
Kamald: The Lotus Goddess    

PART III. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
Corpses and Cremation Grounds 233; Skulls and Severed Heads;
Sexuality and Awakened Consciousness; The Conjunction of Death and Sexual Imagery;
The Roles of Women and Reverence for Women; The Potentially Liberating Nature of Social Antimodels

NOTES    
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY    
INDEX

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