| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 372 pages) : illustrations |
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List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations of Titles of Sanskrit Works; 1. Tantra in Its South Asian Contexts; 2. The Origins of the Yoginı: Bird, Animal and Tree Goddesses and Demonesses in South Asia; 3. The Blood of the Yoginı: Vital and Sexual Fluids in South Asian Thought and Practice; 4. The Mouth of the Yoginı: Sexual Transactions in Tantric Ritual; 5. The Power of the Yoginı: Tantric Actors in South Asia; 6. The Consort of the Yoginı: South Asian Siddha Cults and Traditions; 7. The Flight of the Yoginı: Fueling the Flight of Tantric Witches |
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8. The Sublimation of the Yoginı: The Subordination of the Feminine in High Hindu Tantra9. Tantra for the New Millennium; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the ""Tantric sex"" currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a simple answer: there is none. Sweeping away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, White returns to original texts, images, and ritual practices to reconstruct the history of South Asian Tantra from the medieval period to the present day. Kiss of the Yogini focuses on what White identifies as the sole truly distinctive feature of South Asian Tantra: sexualized ritual practices, especially as exp |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Tantrism -- South Asia
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Tantrism
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Tantrism
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Tantrism
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Tantrismus
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Sexualität
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South Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002029031 |
| ISBN |
9780226027838 |
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022602783X |
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