In this groundbreaking study on Sarvamnaya Shakta Tantra in Nepal, Jeffrey S. Lidke combines the study of primary sources with the investigation of living interpretations of these sources by contemporary Nepalese practitioners. Lidke focuses his twenty-year analysis on a specific Tantric tradition - Shri Vidya - a specific deity - Tripurasundari - a specific text Nityashodashikarnava - and a specific set of initiates within a specific locale - the Kathmandu ...
Lalita-Sahasranama: A Comprehensive Study of one Thousand Names of Lalita Maha-Tripurasundari
In the Hindu sacred literature, Sahasranamas: the texts embodying literally "the Thousand Names" of a deity, constitute a genre in their own right. And Lalita-Sahasranama (LS) is a veritable classic in the traditional writings of the kind - a classic widely acknowledged for its lucidity, clarity and poetic excellence. A medieval work of unknown authorship eulogizing Sakti: the Mother Goddess, this Sahasranama is not justa masterly exposition of Sri ...
