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Yogini (The Shady Side of Devi)
Publisher:
D.K. Printworld
| Author:
Guido Zanderigo
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
D.K. Printworld
Author:
Guido Zanderigo
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
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Category Meditation
Category: Meditation
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The Yoginis are awful expressions of the divine in feminine form of which evidence is found in Tantric contexts in both the Hindu and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. Endowed with a multitude of aspects and functions, they may take the form of women or witches devoted to obscure rituals, of primordial forces linked with illness, poisoning and possession, of subtle beings present in supporting one for meditation like yantra and mantra, or of genuine gods who frighten and fascinate. Gathering in circles in the depths of the forest or in cremation grounds, the Yoginis engender powers and secret knowledge, granted to those who evoke them through practices which may be extreme. Ultimately the Yoginis keep company with death, offering to the initiates who surrender to their embrace the prospect of liberation beyond the glittering world of illusion.
This book is a journey in search of these mysterious figures who nestle in the shadow of the Goddess. A journey which unfolds in the frontier zones of Indian tradition, constantly hanging in the balances between Tantric rituals, sacrifices and subtle knowledge- a perilous quest which is the heritage of all traditional searches.
This volumes written in elegant, fluent and colourful prose should entice the interest of all those associated with the Tantric practice, especially that of Saptamatrkas, ten Mahavidyas, Dakini and Nitya.
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The Yoginis are awful expressions of the divine in feminine form of which evidence is found in Tantric contexts in both the Hindu and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. Endowed with a multitude of aspects and functions, they may take the form of women or witches devoted to obscure rituals, of primordial forces linked with illness, poisoning and possession, of subtle beings present in supporting one for meditation like yantra and mantra, or of genuine gods who frighten and fascinate. Gathering in circles in the depths of the forest or in cremation grounds, the Yoginis engender powers and secret knowledge, granted to those who evoke them through practices which may be extreme. Ultimately the Yoginis keep company with death, offering to the initiates who surrender to their embrace the prospect of liberation beyond the glittering world of illusion.
This book is a journey in search of these mysterious figures who nestle in the shadow of the Goddess. A journey which unfolds in the frontier zones of Indian tradition, constantly hanging in the balances between Tantric rituals, sacrifices and subtle knowledge- a perilous quest which is the heritage of all traditional searches.
This volumes written in elegant, fluent and colourful prose should entice the interest of all those associated with the Tantric practice, especially that of Saptamatrkas, ten Mahavidyas, Dakini and Nitya.
About Author
Dr Guido Zanderigo is a scholar of Indology and collaborates with the University of Ca Foscari in Venice. For more than fifteen years he has been Secretary of the Venetian Academy of Indian Studies, and is a passionate researcher on south Indian art. He has published numerous articles including “South Indian Art Before Pallavas” (1998), “Pallava Art” (1998-1999), “Kampilya Archaeological Project” (2001), “Il buffalo nei riti funerary del sud-est asiatico” (2002), “Scultura classica del Gange” (2009), “Le porte del cosmo in India” (2012), “Nataraja e Trivikrama” (2013) and “Kalkin” (2014).
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