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Encountering Kali : in the margins, at the center, in the West / / edited by Rachel Fell McDermott and Jeffrey J. Kripal
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Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina: | 294.5/2114 |
Soggetto topico: | Kali (Hindu deity) |
Altri autori: |
McDermottRachel Fell
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-310) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Encountering 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Encountering Kali ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-520-92817-2 |
1-59734-598-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823083903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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