Renowned goddess of desire : women, sex, and speech in Tantra
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 300 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| ISBN: | 9780195327823 0195327829 9780195327830 0195327837 |
Table of 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.