1st Edition
'Yogini' in South Asia Interdisciplinary Approaches
1. Introduction: Tracing Yoginīs: Religious Polysemy in Cultural Contexts István Keul Part 1: ‘Yoginī’: Definitions and categories 2. What is a Yoginī? Towards a Polythetic Definition Shaman Hatley 3. The Category of the Yoginī as a Gendered Practitioner Sondra L. Hausner Part 2: History, cosmography, hagiography 4. The Abode of the Pañcamudrās: A Yoginī temple in Early Medieval Vārānasī Peter Bisschop 5. The Presence of Yoginīs in Madhya Pradesh: An Epigraphic Study Nilima Chitgopekar 6. Cosmographic Buildings of India: The Circles of the Yoginīs Heinrich von Stietencron 7. Relationships and Visions: The Yoginī as Deity and Human Female in Tantric Buddhism Louise Child Part 3: Art history 8. Yoginīs in Stone: Auspicious and Inauspicious Power Padma Kaimal 9. The Goddess Hinghalāja of the Yoginī Shrine at Khajuraho Devangana Desai 10. The Yoginīs of the Bayon Peter D. Sharrock Part 4: Ethnography 11. Yoginīs in Bengali Religious Traditions: Tribal, Tantric and Bhakti Influences June McDaniel 12. Alternative Yoginīs with Alternative Powers: Singing the Blues in the Causattī Yoginī Devī Mandir of Vārānasī Fabrizio Ferrari 13. Invoking the Erotic Mother: The Outcaste Priestess and the Heroic Men Priyadarshini Vijasri Part 5: Possession, sexuality, dance 14. Yoginī Possession in Early Śaiva Tantras Judit Törzsök 15. Can Encounters with Yoginīs in the Jayadrathayāmala Be Described as Possession? Olga Serbaeva Saraogi 16. The Yoginī and the Tantric Sex Rite, or How to Keep a Secret Loriliai Biernacki 17. Performing Hirapur: Dancing the Śakti Rūpa Yoginī Alessandra Lopez y Royo
Biography
István Keul is Professor in the Study of Religions at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. His main field of interest is South Asian religion, and he has previously published on the Hindu deity Hanuman.
