1st Edition
Change, Continuity and Complexity The Mahāvidyās in East Indian Śākta Traditions
By Jae-Eun Shin
Copyright 2018
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
376 Pages
44 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Mahāvidyās are the representative Tantric feminine pantheon consisting of ten goddesses. It is formed by divergent religious strands and elements: the mātṛ and yoginī worship, the cult of Kālī and Tripurasundarī, Vajrayāna Buddhism, Jain Vidyādevīs, Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava faith, Śrīvidyā, the Brahmanical strand of Puranic traditions, etc. This volume is the first attempt to explore the historical... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Grouping of Multiple Feminine Divinities 3. Making of the Mahāvidyās in the Śākta Upapurānas and Tantras in Eastern India 4. Locating of the Mahāvidyās in the Sacred Landscape 5. Conclusion
Biography
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 Kāmarūpa, especially its state formation and religious identity construction.
