02376nam 22006013u 450 991078045000332120230617023839.00-520-92817-21-59734-598-910.1525/9780520928176(CKB)111090529078526(EBL)223918(OCoLC)475929297(SSID)ssj0000146474(PQKBManifestationID)11155738(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146474(PQKBWorkID)10186332(PQKB)10749618(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084721(MiAaPQ)EBC223918(DE-B1597)648621(DE-B1597)9780520928176(EXLCZ)9911109052907852620130418d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrEncountering Kali[electronic resource] in the margins, at the center, in the westBerkeley, Calif. ;London University of California Press20031 online resource (341 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23239-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.illustrations; acknowledgments; about the chapter silhouettes; notes on transliteration; Introducing Kali Studies; part I: Kal in the Texts and Contexts of South Asia; part II: Kal in Western Settings, Western Discourses; appendix: Documentary Film and Video Resources for Teaching on Kal and Fierce Goddesses; select bibliography; contributors; indexEncountering Kalõ explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kalõ. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate Mother.ReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCHinduismHILCCReligionPhilosophy & ReligionHinduism294.5/2114McDermott Rachel Fell1528056Kripal Jeffrey John1547496AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780450003321Encountering Kali3803911UNINA