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Author Biernacki, Loriliai.

Title Renowned goddess of desire : women, sex, and speech in Tantra / Loriliai Biernacki
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 300 pages)
Contents Introduction : the Goddess on the Blue Hill of Kāmākhyā -- The "Kālī practice" -- Sex talk and gender rites -- The other/woman -- To speak like a woman -- How the Blue Goddess of speech turns blue -- Appendix 1 : sources, other tantras, and historical context -- Appendix 2 : synopsis of contents of the Brhannīla tantra
Summary The role of women and ideas of gender are fundamental components of all religious traditions. This book examines the representations of women within Tantra using a case study of a selection of Hindu Tantric texts from the 15th through 18th centuries in Northeast India
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index
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Subject Women in Tantrism.
Kāmākhya (Hindu deity) -- Cult
Tantric literature -- India, Northeastern -- History and criticism
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
Tantric literature
Women in Tantrism
Northeastern India
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781435620445
1435620445
9780195327823
0195327829
9780195327830
0195327837