Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine

The Ten Mahavidyas

University of California Press, 1997.
Paperback, 296 pages

In Depth Information

What started with only 25 pages on these goddesses in his eleven years earlier work Hindu Goddesses, is now discussed in all detail in 252 pages of text: an exposition of the ten most important goddesses of India.

Having previously done some research of my own concerning on these ladies, I can't imagine that anyone ever will tackle this difficult subject again - or in more depth - than the author has done in this book.

This simply is Kinsley at his best - and anyone with only the slightest interest in Bhagala, Bhairavi, Bhuvaneshvari, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Kali, Kamala, Matangi, Sodasi or Tara just must study this book. There are only a few B/W illustrations; a fact that is the book's only fault.

Review: RCC
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