Renowned goddess of desire : women, sex, and speech in Tantra

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Main Author: Biernacki, Loriliai.
Language:English
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Physical Description:viii, 300 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
ISBN:9780195327823
0195327829
9780195327830
0195327837
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505 0 |a 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. 
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