Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten MahāvidyāsWhat 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 |
Contents
THE MAHĀVIDYĀS AS A GROUP | 18 |
The Black Goddess | 67 |
The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles | 92 |
She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds | 112 |
She Whose Body Is the World | 129 |
The SelfDecapitated Goddess | 144 |
The Fierce One | 167 |
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adept appearance aspects associated Auspicious Wisdom avatāras Bagalā Bagalamukhi Bhairavi bhūta Bhuvaneśvarī blood Brahmā brahman Buddhist cakra Calcutta Chinnamastā consciousness consort context corpse cosmic cosmos creation cremation ground cult death deities Delhi demons depicted described destruction Devi-māhātmya devotees Dhumavati dhyāna Dhyana mantra Dīkṣit Durgā epithets evam example female fierce garland goddess gods hair Hindu Hinduism Ibid iconography identified India individual Mahāvidyās interpretation Kālī Kālī's Kāma Kamalā kundalini Lakṣmi lotus magical powers Mahavidyās male mantra Mātangī meditation Motilal Banarsidass myth offerings pańca tattva ritual Pārvatī polluted Prakṛti priest pūjā Rati reality represents role sadhaka sādhanā sākta Śākta-pramoda Śakti Satī says severed heads sexual sexual intercourse siddhis Śiva Śiva's skulls Ṣoḍaśī spiritual Śrī Śrīvidya story stotra suggest Swami symbol Tantrasara tantric texts Tantrism Tārā Tara's Tārāpīth tattva temple theme thousand-name hymn tongue tradition Tripura-sundarī University Varanasi Vidya vidyās Visņu vols wears women worship yoni नमः
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The Magical Crone: Celebrating the Wisdom of Later Life Jennifer Reif,Marline Haleff Limited preview - 2003 |