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Tantric Teachings of the Kalika Purana / Karel R. van Kooij.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Kooij, Karel R., author.
- Series:
- Brill's Indological library ; Volume 54.
- Brill's Indological Library ; Volume 54
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu goddesses.
- Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite).
- Puranas. Kālikāpurāṇa.
- Puranas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book is about Tantric worship of the Hindu goddess Mahāmāyā Kālikā, with detailed descriptions of preliminary rituals, mudrās, mantras and their applications, iconography, and animal as well as human sacrifice. Written in Kāmarūpa (Assam) around the eleventh century CE.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789004472204
- 9004472207
- OCLC:
- 1450105276
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