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ISBN10: 1138326909, ISBN13: 9781138326903, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2018-05-18, London] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
London Routledge 2018 Hard cover New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Halftones, black & white. Includes: halftones, black & white, illustrations, black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience.
ISBN10: 1138326909, ISBN13: 9781138326903, [publisher: Taylor & Francis 2018-05-18, London] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
Hardback. New. The Mahavidyas are the representative Tantric feminine pantheon consisting of ten goddesses. It is formed by divergent religious strands and elements: the matr and yogini worship, the cult of Kali and Tripurasundari, Vajrayana Buddhism, Jain Vidyadevis, Saiva and Vaisnava faith, Srividya, the Brahmanical strand of Puranic traditions, etc. This volume is the first attempt to explore the historical process, through which these traditions culminated in the Mahavidya cult and the goddesses with different origins and contradictory attributes were brought into a cluster, with special reference to socio-political changes in the lower Ganga and Brahmaputra Valley between the 9th and 15th centuries CE. Based on a close analysis of Puranas, Tantras and inscriptional evidence, and on extensive field research on archaeological remains as well as sacred sites, Jae-Eun Shin discusses the two trajectories of the Mahavidyas in eastern Sakta traditions. Each led to the systematization of Dasamahavidyas in a specific way: one, as ten manifestations of Durga upholding dharma in the cosmic dimension, and the other, as ten mandalic goddesses bearing magical powers in the actual sacred site. Their attributes and characteristics have neither been static nor monolithic, and the mode of worship prescribed for them has changed in a dialectical religious process between Brahmanical and Tantric traditions of the region. This is the definitive work for anyone seeking to understand godde ...
ISBN10: 1138326909, ISBN13: 9781138326903, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2018]
London Routledge 2018 Hard cover New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Halftones, black & white. Includes: halftones, black & white, illustrations, black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience.
London Routledge 2018 Hard cover New. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Halftones, black & white. Includes: halftones, black & white, illustrations, black & white. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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London Routledge 2018 Hard cover New. 376 p. 42 Halftones, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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