Kiss of the Yogini David Gordon White

Name: Kiss of the Yogini von David Gordon White
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Reconstructs the history of South Asian Tantra from the medieval period. This book contains translations from over a dozen Tantras. It is useful for those seeking to understand Tantra and the crucial role it has played in South Asian history, society, culture, and religion.

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Kiss of the Yogini David Gordon White

With Kiss of the Yogini, David Gordon White sweeps away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, returning to original texts, images, and ritual practices to reconstruct the history of South Asian Tantra from the medieval period to the present day. Kiss of the Yogini contains White's own translations from over a dozen Tantras that have never before been translated into any European language. It will prove to be the definitive work for anyone seeking to understand Tantra and the crucial role it has played in South Asian history, society, culture, and religion.

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Kiss of the Yogini is one of the few good, interesting books about Tantra, a passionately argued work that transforms scholarly understanding of its subject.... By reconstructing the medieval South Asian Kaula and Tantric traditions that involved sexual practices, David White hopes to restore the dignity and autonomy of the people who invented them and continue to practise them. This monumental scholarly work does precisely that. - Wendy Doniger, Times Literary Supplement

Über David Gordon White

David Gordon White is professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Myths of the Dog-Man and The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India, both published by the University of Chicago Press, and the editor of Tantra in Practice.

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Sku

GOR005954612

ISBN 13

9780226894843

ISBN 10

0226894843

Titel

Kiss of the Yogini David Gordon White

Autor

David Gordon White

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

The University of Chicago Press

Datum

2006-08-15

Anzahl der Seiten

391

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