Women in Early Śākta Tantras: Dūtī, Yoginī and Sādhakī
Rather than studying various manifestations of the “divine feminine” in Hindu tantric texts, this paper proposes to examine the ritual role of women in the earliest (seventh to ninth centuries CE) scriptural sources that teach the cult of goddesses and other divine females (yoginīs). Women have thr...
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Main Author: | Judit Törzsök |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/a99ddec6c610429a878d16ca6a4c01c3 |
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