Download or read book Change, Continuity and Complexity written by JAE-EUN. SHIN and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahāvidyās are the representative Tantric feminine pantheon consisting of ten goddesses. It is formed by divergent religious strands & elements: the mātṛ & yoginī worship, the cult of Kālī, the Brahmanical strand of Puranic traditions, etc. This volume explores the historical process through which these traditions culminated in the M