Sakta Tantric Traditions of Kerala in the Process of Change: Some Notes on Raudra-Mahartha Sampradaya
In this paper I shall propose some hypotheses that have emerged from my fieldwork on the so-called sakta Tantra of Kerala (also known locally as Raudra or Mahartha). This Hindu tantric tradition weds ritualistic practices of Kashmirian Saivism (Krama-Trika) with the folk beliefs of Kerala. It could...
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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: 150–175 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kerala
/ Shaktism
/ Tantrism
/ Regional identity
/ Religious change
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Mahārtha
B Tantra B Krama B Śakta B Goddess B Kerala |
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