The Roots of the Two Sides of Kamakhya: The Blending of Sex and Death in Tantra
The shrine of Kamakhya (Assam) was supposed to be the eminent yogini-pitha. Inside the sanctum of Kamakhya a yoni (vulva) stone is concealed as the main cultic image of the Goddess, which Kaulism identified as the 'mouth of the yoginis'. This article analyses the symbolism related to the T...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2020
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 87–116 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kāmākhyā-Tempel (Gauhati)
/ Kāmākhyā, Goddess
/ Yoni
/ Cult
/ Yoginī, Goddess
/ Sexuality
/ Death
/ Kulācāra
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
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CSR
B Conceptual Blend B Hyper-Blend B Heruka / Hevajra B Kaula B Yoni B Yoginī |
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