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Change, Continuity and Complexity : the Mah?vidy?s in East Indian??kta Traditions.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton :
Routledge,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1. Vidyā and the Mahāvidyās; 2. Tantric and Brahmanical; 3. Text and Context; 2. Grouping of Multiple Feminine Divinities; 1. Mātṛs: Fearsome Autochthonous Goddesses in Brahmanical Traditions; 2. Yoginīs: Bearers of Magical Powers in Tantric Traditions; 3. Vidyās: Embodiments of Mystical Knowledge in Shramanic Traditions; 3. Making of the Mahāvidyās in the Śākta Upapurāṇas and Tantras in Eastern India; 1. Expanded Realm and Enhanced Presence of Brāhmaṇas
- 2. Transfiguration of the Mahāvidyās in Cosmic Dimension3. Systematization of the Mahāvidyās in Domestic Setting; 4. Locating of the Mahāvidyās in the Sacred Landscape; 1. The Goddess Kāmākhyā and Political Powers in Kāmarūpa; 2. Śākta Pīṭhas as a Religious Network in Early Medieval Eastern India; 3. The Ten Mahāvidyās at the Most Renowned Śākta Pīṭha; 5. Conclusion; 1. Antecedents of the Mahāvidyās; 2. The Mahāvidyās in Eastern Śākta Traditions; 3. Socio-Religious Implications of the Mahāvidyās; Bibliography; Index