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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Main Author: Dobia, Brenda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2007
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-78
Further subjects:B Women
B Tantra
B Desire
B Pilgrimage
B Goddess
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