Studies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

2 409 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

The book is of interest to students and scholars of religious textual studies, anthropology, pilgrimagestudies, comparative religion, Sanskrit and Bengali languages, regional studies, South Asian cultures, goddess traditions and cultural history of mediaeval Bengal.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-02-21
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt507 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor188
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811930218

Tillhör följande kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Hinduism inom Filosofi och religion
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhalle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

Prof. Madhu Khanna (D.Phil.Oxon) is a former director of the Centre for the Study of Comparative Religion and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Author or editor of eight books and academic papers, her most recent publications are Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religion (Section Editor), published by Springer Publishing, USA (2022), and Tantra on the Edge- Inspiration and Experiments in Twentieth-Century Indian Art, Published by Delhi Art Gallery (Forthcoming May 2022). She is also a mentor and co-creator of the Centre for Indic and Agamic Studies in Asia (CIASA) and a founding member of the Tantra Foundation, New Delhi.

The Making of Tāntric Rādhā: A Reading from the Śrī-Krṣṇayāmala.- Prema and Śakti: VaiṣṇavaSahajiyā Appropriations of GauḍīyaVaiṣṇavism and Śāktism in the Ānandabhairava of Prema-dāsa.- Tantra from Below: Inclusivity, Secrecy and Non-Conceptual Yogas in the Bāul-Sahajiyā Traditions.- Weaving the Body and the Cosmos: Yantric Homologies at a Goddess Temple in Northeastern India.- The Metamorphosis of the “Gāchh Tar Vālī ” and the Making of a Śakti-Pīṭha in Mithila.- Power and Desire in the worship of the Goddess Kāmākhyā.- Gynocentric Cosmogony in the DevībhāgavataPurāṇa.- The Monistic Śākta Philosophy in the Guhyopaniṣad .