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Kiss of the yogini [[electronic resource] ] : "Tantric sex" in its South Asian contexts / / David Gordon White
| 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
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| 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
| 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 |
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White David Gordon
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| 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
| 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 |
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White David Gordon
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| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith
| The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Frederick M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (732 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/260954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Spirit possession - South Asia
Spirit possession in literature Sanskrit literature - History and criticism Tantrism - South Asia Spirit possession - Hinduism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-00893-9
9786613008930 0-231-51065-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method -- 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies -- Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession -- 2. New and Inherited Paradigms -- 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity -- 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession -- Part III. Classical Literature -- 5. The Vedas and Upaniṣads -- 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers -- 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession -- 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets -- 9. Devotion as Possession -- Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures -- 10. Possession in Tantra -- 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession -- 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra -- 13. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451695403321 |
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Smith Frederick M
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith
| The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Frederick M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (732 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/260954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Spirit possession - South Asia
Spirit possession in literature Sanskrit literature - History and criticism Tantrism - South Asia Spirit possession - Hinduism |
| ISBN |
1-283-00893-9
9786613008930 0-231-51065-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method -- 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies -- Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession -- 2. New and Inherited Paradigms -- 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity -- 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession -- Part III. Classical Literature -- 5. The Vedas and Upaniṣads -- 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers -- 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession -- 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets -- 9. Devotion as Possession -- Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures -- 10. Possession in Tantra -- 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession -- 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra -- 13. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777401503321 |
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Smith Frederick M
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||
| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The self possessed : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith
| The self possessed : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Frederick M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (732 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/260954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Spirit possession - South Asia
Spirit possession in literature Sanskrit literature - History and criticism Tantrism - South Asia Spirit possession - Hinduism |
| ISBN |
1-283-00893-9
9786613008930 0-231-51065-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method -- 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies -- Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession -- 2. New and Inherited Paradigms -- 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity -- 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession -- Part III. Classical Literature -- 5. The Vedas and Upaniṣads -- 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers -- 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession -- 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets -- 9. Devotion as Possession -- Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures -- 10. Possession in Tantra -- 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession -- 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra -- 13. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819751903321 |
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Smith Frederick M
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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