Kiss of the Yogini by David Gordon White
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.
"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"
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780226894843 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226894843 |
| Title | Kiss of the Yogini |
| Author | David Gordon White |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2006-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 391 |
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