'Devi Needs those Rituals!': Ontological Considerations on Ritual Transformations in a Contemporary South Indian Srividya Tradition

Negotiations between continuity and discontinuity have characterized Srividya traditions for centuries; these are primarily studied through texts or the juxtaposition of textual prescriptions with observed practices, leaving the process of how Srividya practitioners negotiate esoteric and orthodox t...

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Main Author: Hirmer, Monika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2020
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 117–149
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B India (Süd) / Śrīvidyā / Cult / Ritual / Religious change
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Śrīvidyā
B ritual transformation
B Tantra
B Ontology
B Goddess worship
B Embodiment
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