The Feminine Sacred in South Asia: Le Sacre Au Feminin En Asie Du Sud,9788173042461

The Feminine Sacred in South Asia: Le Sacre Au Feminin En Asie Du Sud

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ISBN13: 9788173042461
ISBN10: 8173042462
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): South Asia Books
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Table of Contents

Preface 7(2)
Introduction 9(27)
Harald Tambs-Lyche
La Puissance (sakti) dans les textes tantriques indiens: Une exaltation masculine du feminin
36(9)
Andre Padoux
Abstract
45(1)
Gender and Caste in the Perfect Buddhist Gift: The Samyak Mahadana in Kathmandu, Nepal
46(17)
Bert van den Hoek
Marriage and Affinity among Virgin Goddesses
63(25)
Harald Tambs-Lyche
Hindu Woman, the Ritualist
88(12)
Sanjukta Gupta
Visible and Invisible Aspects of the Devi Dances in Sankhu, Nepal
100(14)
Bal Gopal Shrestha
The Sacrifice of Feminity: Female Sacredness at the Hindu/Tribal Frontier in Bengal
114(20)
Marine Carrin
Resume de l'introduction 134(3)
Resumes des articles 137(5)
Contributors 142(1)
Index 143

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