Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripur?rahasya Linder Silvia Schwarz
Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripur?rahasya Linder Silvia Schwarz This book on the Tripurārahasya, a South Indian Sanskrit work which occupies a…
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Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripur?rahasya Linder Silvia Schwarz
This book on the Tripurārahasya, a South Indian Sanskrit work which occupies a unique place in the Śākta literature, is a study of the Śrīvidyā and Śākta traditions in the context of South Indian intellectual history in the late middle ages.Associated with the religious tradition known as Śrīvidyā and devoted to the cult of the Goddess Tripurā, the text was probably composed between the 13th and the 16th century CE. The discussion of its philosophical and theological teachings tackles problems related to the relationships between Sākta and Śaiva traditions. The analysis of its narrative parts addresses questions about the relationships between Tantric and Purāṇic goddesses.
The stylistic devices adopted by the author(s) of the work deal uniquely with doctrinal and ritual elements of the