Sixty Four Yoginis

Author : Anamika Roy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Hindu sculpture
ISBN : 9384082120

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Sixty-four Yoginis by Anamika Roy Pdf

The Sixty-Four Yoginis are the lesser known forms of the Goddess Shakti in art and religion. Variously portrayed as malevolent goddesses, deities of tantric rituals, and yoginis of flesh and blood, they are seen as the sixty-four forms of the goddess and the sixty four embraces of Shiva and Shakti. Abandoned temples, stretching from Banda in Uttar Pradesh to Bolangir in Odisha, were once witness to the evolution of the mysterious cult of these goddesses. Shrouded in secrecy, knowledge about them is, till date, closely guarded by the tantric Acaryas. Sixty-Four Yoginis: Cult, Icons and Goddesses deciphers the complex forms of the Yoginis by engaging with the subject historically, aesthetically, theologically and anthropologically; identifies the Yoginis of the temple, of the Puranas, of the tantric texts, of folklore and finally of the Yogini Kaula; and examines the different layers of the complex phenomena based on rigorous fieldwork in the hitherto untraversed terrains where the Yoginis have their abode. The book offers valuable insights for researchers in the fields of religion, myth, culture, history and gender studies. The text of this handsomely produced volume is supplemented with a rich collection of photographs.

Author : Adyasha Das
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1645600122

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The Chausathi Yoginis of Hirapur by Adyasha Das Pdf

This book is a compilation of research and readings on the Chausathi Yogini temple at Hirapur (near Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India). This book was motivated by the desire to delve deeply into the tantric roots in which the Yogini cult is embedded and to link it to the significance of this site as a potential cultural tourism destination.

Author : Roxanne Kamayani Gupta
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594775277

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A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance by Roxanne Kamayani Gupta Pdf

The yoga and classical dance traditions of India have been inextricably entwined for millennia. The exacting hand gestures, postures and movements of Indian classical dance can only be achieved through yogic concentration. Conversely, the esthetics, symmetry, and dynamism of dance enhance the practice of yoga. These two traditions, so complementary and essential to one another, are united and explicated for the first time in A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance. Twenty-five years ago Roxanne Kamayani Gupta embarked on a journey of dance and yoga, yearning to unlock their mysteries and discover their common origins. As a twenty-year-old student from America she was miraculously and mysteriously absorbed into Indian culture, became a Hindu, and began an odyssey so unusual and unique that the reader will be enchanted by its telling. Choosing the path of the dancer, Roxanne Gupta accomplished what no Western woman had done before: being accepted and trained by Indian masters and then performing in the Indian classical traditions--from the palaces of maharajas to the arts festivals of Europe and America--while at the same time achieving a doctorate in the anthropology of religion and being initiated into a number of yogic traditions. Having mastered the classical form of Kuchipudi dance and studied with teachers of the hatha and kriya yoga traditions, she brings together these two great streams of consciousness and practice. In this tantric approach to yoga and dance, expressed through the body and through a yoga of emotions, we see the traditions embodied in a manner that embraces the totality of the human experience. The result is the dance of the yogini, the sacred feminine initiatress who dances with one foot in nature and the other in the realm of the gods. With extensive photographs of innovative yoga routines, Roxanne Kamayani Gupta distills her experience into techniques for yogic study certain to assist students of all levels to achieve a dynamic, beautiful, and graceful practice.

Author : Shiv Kumar Tiwari
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 8176252999

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Tribal Roots of Hinduism by Shiv Kumar Tiwari Pdf

Author : Janet Chawla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Hindu goddesses
ISBN : 817305634X

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Experiencing the Goddess by Janet Chawla Pdf

Author : Vidya Dehejia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Cults
ISBN : UOM:39015023593299

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Yoginī, Cult and Temples by Vidya Dehejia Pdf

On yoginīs, minor form of Hindu goddesses belonging to tantric tradition.

Author : Daniel Odier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781620555606

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Tantric Kali by Daniel Odier Pdf

The mythology, rituals, meditations, and practices used in Tantric worship of the goddess Kali in the tradition of Kashmiri Shaivism • Reveals the practices of Vamachara, known as the Left-hand Path but more accurately translated as the Path of Shakti • Includes a Kali ritual from the Nirrutara Tantra, translated here for the first time • Presents devotional chants, meditations, and mudras specific to Tantric worship of Kali According to traditions going back to pre-Vedic times, Kali sprang from the third eye of the Goddess Durga as a destructive and terrifying manifestation of feminine power sent to lay waste to the forces of evil. Throughout India to this day, Kali is worshipped as the destroyer of bondage, capable of liberating her devotee from all rules and subjugation. In Tantric Kali, Daniel Odier presents the mythology, practices, and rituals of Kali worship in the Tantric Kaula tradition within Kashmiri Shaivism. He reveals the practices of Vamachara, commonly known as the Left-hand Path but more accurately translated as the Path of Shakti. In this tradition the body itself is Kali’s temple, and it is therefore unnecessary to reject or deny the body to know union with the divine. Instead, nothing is regarded as pure or impure and there is complete freedom from rules. Focused on working directly with forbidden emotions and behaviors, this path allows the seeker to transcend obstacles to liberation through sexual union. According to the Kaula Upanishad, “In your behavior do the opposite to what the norms dictate but remain in consciousness.” This is the essence of Tantra. Kali is absolute reality: manifested as woman intoxicated by desire, she frees the tantric practitioner from all desire except union with the divine. The author includes an evocative ritual from the Nirrutara Tantra--never before translated into any Western language--containing devotions to the 64 yoginis according to Matsyendranath, founder of the Kaula path. Offering devotional chants, meditations, and mudras specific to Tantric worship of Kali, this empowering book provides practices and teachings for those on the Tantric path to liberation.

Author : Shambhavi L. Chopra
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9788183281676

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Yogini by Shambhavi L. Chopra Pdf

Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within is a unique record of personal experiences that portray in its various fascinating episode the secrets of the magical world of Tantra. It shows how the gods and goddesses can manifest themselves within our daily lives, taking us from the mundane to the sublime and making our days and nights a dance of wonder and delight.

Author : Paul E. Muller-Ortega
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438413853

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The Triadic Heart of Śiva by Paul E. Muller-Ortega Pdf

This book explores one of the most explicit and sophisticated theoretical formulations of tantric yoga. It explains Abhinavagupta's teaching about the nature of ultimate reality, about the methods for experiencing this ultimate reality, and about the nature of the state of realization, a condition of embodied enlightenment. The author uncovers the conceptual matrix surrounding the practices of the Kaula lineage of Kashmir Shaivism. The primary textual basis for the book is provided by Abhinavagupta's Parātrīśikā-laghuvṛtti, a short meditation manual that centers on the symbolism of the Heart-mantra, SAUḤ.

Author : David Gordon White
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226027838

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Kiss of the Yogini by David Gordon White Pdf

For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the "Tantric sex" currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a simple answer: there is none. Sweeping away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, White returns to original texts, images, and ritual practices to reconstruct the history of South Asian Tantra from the medieval period to the present day. Kiss of the Yogini focuses on what White identifies as the sole truly distinctive feature of South Asian Tantra: sexualized ritual practices, especially as expressed in the medieval Kaula rites. Such practices centered on the exchange of powerful, transformative sexual fluids between male practitioners and wild female bird and animal spirits known as Yoginis. It was only by "drinking" the sexual fluids of the Yoginis that men could enter the family of the supreme godhead and thereby obtain supernatural powers and transform themselves into gods. By focusing on sexual rituals, White resituates South Asian Tantra, in its precolonial form, at the center of religious, social, and political life, arguing that Tantra was the mainstream, and that in many ways it continues to influence contemporary Hinduism, even if reformist misunderstandings relegate it to a marginal position. Kiss of the Yogini contains White's own translations from over a dozen Tantras that have never before been translated into any European language. It will prove to be the definitive work for persons seeking to understand Tantra and the crucial role it has played in South Asian history, society, culture, and religion.

Author : Andre Padoux
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780199982325

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The Heart of the Yogini by Andre Padoux Pdf

André Padoux offers the first English translation of the Yoginihrdaya, a seminal Hindu tantric text dating back to the 10th or 11th century CE.

Author : Guido Zanderigo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Tantrism
ISBN : 8124608466

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Yoginī by Guido Zanderigo Pdf

Author : Devdutt Pattanaik,Matthew Rulli
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738771687

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Yoga Mythology by Devdutt Pattanaik,Matthew Rulli Pdf

Deepen Your Yoga Experience with the Origin Stories of 64 Common Asanas Explore the stories from Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology that nurtured the idea of yoga and shaped the development of its most iconic asanas. Learn how svana-asana (dog pose) is connected to Shiva, bhujanga-asana (cobra pose) was inspired by shape-shifting beings who live below the earth, and much more. Many practitioners are unaware of yoga's underlying philosophy, symbols, and rituals because modern teachers often emphasize the physical over the mental and spiritual components. Yoga Mythology brings this overlooked wisdom to light by recounting the lore behind more than sixty asanas, drawing attention to an Indic worldview based on the concepts of eternity, rebirth, liberation, and empathy. With hundreds of photos and playful illustrations, this book makes it easy and enjoyable to connect with yogic principles and expand the mental and spiritual aspects of your practice.

Author : Dr Pallavi Kwatra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8194872731

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Shambhavi by Dr Pallavi Kwatra Pdf

Shambhavi also reflects the transition zone when the day is almost at an end and the night has begun to take over. Thus, depicting Shakti as her various swaroopas (forms) transitioning from the benevolent and beautiful one to the ferocious and raw energy on the other. She cannot be co notated as a single identity as she flows like a river between the banks of paradoxes. The one who can acknowledge her variable identities and yet know that she transcends all identity is her qualified recipient and will surf the tides of samsara.This book portrays her in her 111 forms, the baseline principle remaining her nirguna, niraakar swaroopa. As the reader flows through the book, his own conditioning to see her as the form is fractured and he is laid open at her altar...for a similar transcendence and freedom.

Author : Stella Dupuis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Hindu temples
ISBN : 8177696653

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The Yoginī Temples of India by Stella Dupuis Pdf