Encountering Kali : in the margins, at the center, in the West /
This title explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen - the Hindu goddess Kālī. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate mother.
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full text (MCPHS users only) |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2003
|
| Subjects: | |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This title explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen - the Hindu goddess Kālī. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate mother. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520928176 0520928172 1417522720 9781417522729 1597345989 9781597345989 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
