Blood for the Goddess. Self-mutilation Rituals at Vajreshwari Mandir, Kangra

Several 17th century sources (European travel literature and Mughal historiography) record the practice of self-mutilation, and possibly ritual suicide, at the Hindu temple of Vajreśvarī (Kāngṛā, HP), an important place of pilgrimage related to the <em>Śakti</em> cult. Blood-spilli...

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Autor principal: Alejandro Jiménez Cid
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Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2016
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