Mahavidyas and the assertion of femininity in Indian thought
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Exotic India
- Magazine Year
- 2002
- Creator
- Kumar, Nitin
- Thesaurus
- godinnen, mythen, religie, vrouwbeelden, kunsten, India
- Description
- There exists in India a group of strange Goddesses, ten in number. One of them is shown holding her own freshly severed head, which feeds on the blood flowing from her headless torso: another holds a pair of scissors while sitting triumphant atop a corpse. The spectrum of these ten goddesses covers the whole range of feminine divinity, encompassing horrific goddess's at one end, to the ravishingly beautiful at the other..