Approaching the Hindu Goddess of Desire

Pre-eminent among Tantric Goddess temples in India is Kamakhya, revered as the site where the generative organ of the Goddess is worshipped. The name of the Goddess, Kamakhya, indicates that she is at once the desired, the desiring and the granter of desires. This paper considers the ways that desir...

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Autore principale: Dobia, Brenda (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Sage 2007
In: Feminist theology
Anno: 2007, Volume: 16, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 61-78
Altre parole chiave:B Women
B Tantra
B Desire
B Pilgrimage
B Goddess
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Riepilogo:Pre-eminent among Tantric Goddess temples in India is Kamakhya, revered as the site where the generative organ of the Goddess is worshipped. The name of the Goddess, Kamakhya, indicates that she is at once the desired, the desiring and the granter of desires. This paper considers the ways that desire was implicated in a collaborative feminist-oriented pilgrimage made by six women scholars to the Kamakhya temple in Assam. It examines problems associated with cross-cultural desiring and describes how these were addressed. The place of desire and the status of women in Tantric conceptions of the Goddess are explored along with implications for feminist appreciations of Goddesses and Tantra.
ISSN:1745-5189
Comprende:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735007082517