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Author:   Madhu Khanna
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.314kg
ISBN:  

9789811930249

ISBN 10:   9811930244
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   22 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The Making of Tāntric Rādhā: A Reading from the Śrī-Krṣṇayāmala.- Prema and Śakti: VaiṣṇavaSahajiyā Appropriations of GauḍīyaVaiṣṇavism and Śāktism in the Ānandabhairava of Prema-dāsa.- Tantra from Below: Inclusivity, Secrecy and Non-Conceptual Yogas in the Bāul-Sahajiyā Traditions.- Weaving the Body and the Cosmos: Yantric Homologies at a Goddess Temple in Northeastern India.- The Metamorphosis of the “Gāchh Tar Vālī ” and the Making of a Śakti-Pīṭha in Mithila.- Power and Desire in the worship of the Goddess Kāmākhyā.- Gynocentric Cosmogony in the DevībhāgavataPurāṇa.- The Monistic Śākta Philosophy in the Guhyopaniṣad .

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Prof. Madhu Khanna (D.Phil.Oxon) is a former director of the Centre for the Study of Comparative Religion and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Author or editor of eight books and academic papers, her most recent publications are Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Tribal Religion (Section Editor), published by Springer Publishing, USA (2022), and Tantra on the Edge- Inspiration and Experiments in Twentieth-Century Indian Art, Published by Delhi Art Gallery (Forthcoming May 2022).   She is also a mentor and co-creator of the Centre for Indic and Agamic Studies in Asia (CIASA) and a founding member of the Tantra  Foundation, New Delhi.

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