LEADER 03206nam 2200445 450 001 9910672434803321 005 20230527025653.0 010 $a9789811930225$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789811930218 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-3022-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7206823 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7206823 035 $a(CKB)26186216200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-3022-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926186216200041 100 $a20230527d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aStudies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India /$fMadhu Khanna, editor 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (192 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Khanna, Madhu Studies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India Singapore : Springer,c2023 9789811930218 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Making of T?ntric R?dh?: A Reading from the ?r?-Kr??ay?mala -- Prema and ?akti: Vai??avaSahajiy? Appropriations of Gau??yaVai??avism and ??ktism in the ?nandabhairava of Prema-d?sa -- Tantra from Below: Inclusivity, Secrecy and Non-Conceptual Yogas in the B?ul-Sahajiy? Traditions -- Weaving the Body and the Cosmos: Yantric Homologies at a Goddess Temple in Northeastern India -- The Metamorphosis of the ?G?chh Tar V?l? ? and the Making of a ?akti-P??ha in Mithila -- Power and Desire in the worship of the Goddess K?m?khy? -- Gynocentric Cosmogony in the Dev?bh?gavataPur??a -- The Monistic ??kta Philosophy in the Guhyopani?ad . 330 $aThis book explores the tantric concept of Shakti, or the principal female cosmic entity and her pilgrimage sites. It offers a first-hand view of the multidimensional ways in which Shakti asserted its supremacy over existing Vaishnava and orthodox Brahmanical traditions in post mediaeval Bengal and India. The interdisciplinary chapters pave the way to understanding the intra-textual relationships between philosophical and conceptual ideas in literary texts and their oral transmission. Divided into three thematic sections: Cult Inclusiveness, ?akti Pithas, and the ??kta Philosophy, the book invites readers to explore a contested area of scholarship from unique perspectives, offering rich insights into the nature of negotiations between diverse religious streams. It also urges readers to examine the many innovative approaches and theoretical models on the goddess culture of East India. The book is of interest to students and scholars of religious textual studies, anthropology, pilgrimage studies, comparative religion, Sanskrit and Bengali languages, regional studies, South Asian cultures, goddess traditions and cultural history of mediaeval Bengal. 606 $aShaktism 615 0$aShaktism. 676 $a294.5514 702 $aKhanna$b Madhu 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910672434803321 996 $aStudies on Tantra in Bengal and Eastern India$93051219 997 $aUNINA