Jae-Eun Shin

Change, Continuity and Complexity

The Mahavidyas in East Indian Sakta Traditions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Mah¿vidy¿s are the representative Tantric feminine pantheon consisting of ten goddesses. It is formed by divergent religious strands & elements: the m¿t¿ & yogin¿ worship, the cult of K¿l¿, the Brahmanical strand of Puranic traditions, etc. This volume explores the historical process through which these traditions culminated in the M

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781032653518
• ISBN-10: 1032653515
• Artikelnr.: 70116259

Autorenporträt

Jae-Eun Shin is currently a research collaborator at Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo. She has written extensively on goddess cults and sacred sites in eastern India and on the history of K¿mar¿pa, especially its state formation and religious identity construction.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Grouping of Multiple Feminine Divinities 3. Making of the Mah
vidy
s in the
kta Upapur
nas and Tantras in Eastern India 4. Locating of the Mah
vidy
s in the Sacred Landscape 5. Conclusion