Tantric teachings of the Kalika Purana / by Karel R. van Kooij.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kooij, K. R. van, author.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; 54.

Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; volume 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puranas. Kālikāpurāṇa.

Puranas.

Hindu goddesses.

Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite).

Hinduism--Sacred books--Early works to 1800.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Sacred books.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xi, 304 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"At a lonely place, in a remote hermitage somewhere in the Himālaya, the god Śiva is teaching Tantric worship to his humiliated sons, who want to regain their divine status: "You should worship the goddess Mahāmāyā Kālikā". Remarkable are his 'talks' about preliminary rituals, mudrās , and animal as well as human sacrifice. The Tantric Teachings form the inner core of the Kālikā Purāna, i.e. 'Old Stories about Kālikā', composed by a learned Brāhmin about a thousand years ago in Kāmarūpa (Assam). Careful listening to the text has been my first priority when presenting the relevant passages in text and translation"-- Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-291) and index.

ISBN:

9789004470293

9004470298

OCLC:

1290159772

Publisher Number:

9789004470293