An edition of Tantric visions of the divine feminine
(1998)
Tantric visions of the divine feminine
the ten Maha vidya s
by David R. Kinsley
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Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten Maha vidya s
1998, Motilal Banarsidass
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Mahāvidyās as a Group
The Ten Mahāvidyās
Typical Literary and Iconographic Contexts
The Mahāvidyās as Forms of the Mahādevī
Mahāvidyā Origin Myths
Interrelationships among the Mahāvidyās
Worship of the Mahāvidyās
The Mahāvidyās and Magical Powers
The Significance of the Term Mahāvidyā
Concluding Observations
Part II. The Individual Mahāvidyās
Kālī: The Black Goddess
Tārā: The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles
Tripura-sundarī: She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds
Bhuvaneśvarī: She Whose Body Is the World
Chinnamastā: The Self-Decapitated Goddess
Bhairavī: The Fierce One
Dhūmāvatī: The Widow Goddess
Bagalāmukhī: The Paralyzer
Mātangī: The Outcaste Goddess
Kamalā: The Lotus Goddess
Part III. Concluding Reflections
Corpses and Cremation Grounds
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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