Kiss of the yogini [[electronic resource] ] : "Tantric sex" in its South Asian contexts / / David Gordon White |
Autore | White David Gordon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina | 294.5/514/0954 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex - Religious aspects - Tantrism
Tantrism - South Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-226-89484-3
0-226-02783-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations of Titles of Sanskrit Works -- 1. Tantra in Its South Asian Contexts -- 2. The Origins of the YoginĪ: 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 -- 8. The Sublimation of the Yoginı: The Subordination of the Feminine in High Hindu Tantra -- 9. Tantra for the New Millennium -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452493003321 |
White David Gordon | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Kiss of the yogini [[electronic resource] ] : "Tantric sex" in its South Asian contexts / / David Gordon White |
Autore | White David Gordon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina | 294.5/514/0954 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex - Religious aspects - Tantrism
Tantrism - South Asia |
Soggetto non controllato | tantric sex, sexuality, cultural appropriation, ritual, ceremony, south asia, religion, spirituality, tantra, kaula, rites, yoginis, transformation, spirits, animal, supernatural, gods, divinity, spiritual growth, colonialism, hinduism, hindu, demonesses, goddesses, witches, femininity, nonfiction, gender, cults, siddha, tradition, folk belief, folklore |
ISBN |
0-226-89484-3
0-226-02783-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations of Titles of Sanskrit Works -- 1. Tantra in Its South Asian Contexts -- 2. The Origins of the YoginĪ: 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 -- 8. The Sublimation of the Yoginı: The Subordination of the Feminine in High Hindu Tantra -- 9. Tantra for the New Millennium -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779881403321 |
White David Gordon | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Kiss of the yogini [[electronic resource] ] : "Tantric sex" in its South Asian contexts / / David Gordon White |
Autore | White David Gordon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina | 294.5/514/0954 |
Soggetto topico |
Sex - Religious aspects - Tantrism
Tantrism - South Asia |
Soggetto non controllato | tantric sex, sexuality, cultural appropriation, ritual, ceremony, south asia, religion, spirituality, tantra, kaula, rites, yoginis, transformation, spirits, animal, supernatural, gods, divinity, spiritual growth, colonialism, hinduism, hindu, demonesses, goddesses, witches, femininity, nonfiction, gender, cults, siddha, tradition, folk belief, folklore |
ISBN |
0-226-89484-3
0-226-02783-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations of Titles of Sanskrit Works -- 1. Tantra in Its South Asian Contexts -- 2. The Origins of the YoginĪ: 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 -- 8. The Sublimation of the Yoginı: The Subordination of the Feminine in High Hindu Tantra -- 9. Tantra for the New Millennium -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823497203321 |
White David Gordon | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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