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Change, Continuity, and Complexity

The Mahavidyas in East Indian Sakta Traditions

Jae-Eun Shin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

16 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138095458 (ISBN)

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Introduction

1. Vidyas and Mahavidyas

2. Tantric and Brahmanical

3. Text and Context

II. Grouping of Multiple Feminine Divinities

1. Matrkas: Fearsome Autochthonous Goddesses in Brahmanical Traditions

2. Yoginis: Bearers of Magical Power in Tantric Traditions

3. Vidyas: Embodiment of Mystical Knowledge in Shramanic Traditions

III. Making of the Mahavidyas in the Sakta Upapuranas

and Tantras in Eastern India

1. Expanded Realm and Enhanced Presence of Brahmanas

2. Transfiguration of the Mahavidyas in Cosmic Dimension

3. Systematization of the Mahavidyas in Domestic Setting

IV. Locating of the Mahavidyas at the Sacred Landscape

1. The Goddess Kamakhya and Political Powers in Kamarupa

2. Sakta Pithas as a Religious Network in Early Medieval East India

3. Ten Mahavidyas in the Most Renowned Sakta Centre

V. Conclusion

1. Antecedents of the Mahavidyas

2. Mahavidyas in Eastern Sakta Traditions

3. Socio-Religious Implication of the Mahavidyas

Zusatzinfo	42 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781138095458 / 9781138095458
Zustand	Neuware