Results 51 to 60 of about 628 (198)
Tantric Nuances Arguing Gender Order in Mithila Paintings
, 2020 This article reviews the Tantric influence in the traditional Mithila paintings and argues how Tantra’s emphasis on femininity can challenge the traditional patriarchal notion toward women in general.
Paneru, Pragya ; https://orcid.org/
core +1 more source
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT This article questions the moral and causal certainties attributed to the clinical assumptions of the breath of chaos. Instead of seeing chaos as an exceptional intruder that causes problems in health, I suggest that chaos underlines the changing conditions of health and it's an intrinsic part of breathing and everyday life. I discuss the five‐
Yuxin Peng
wiley +1 more source
Āveśa and Deity Possession in the Tantric Traditions of South Asia: History, Evolution, & Etiology [PDF]
, 2022 Āveśa and Deity Possession in the Tantric Traditions of South Asia: History, Evolution, & EtiologybyVikas Malhotra In South Asia divine power is believed to manifest in a variety of ways and through a variety of means.
Malhotra, Vikas
core
Religions, 2016 Several recent publications in the study of esoteric traditions have drawn together insights from scholars of religions and philosophy, contemplative communities, metaphor and conceptual blend theories, cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and physical ...
Jeffrey C. Ruff
doaj +1 more source
Anxious Projections: Mass Hysteria and the Problem of Interpretation
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 4, December 2025.Abstract Stories of “mass hysteria” among teenage girls have often graced the headlines of Nepal's local and national newspapers, creating a public spectacle of a strange and mysterious form of affliction. Treatments include both shamanic rituals and psychosocial interventions, a new therapeutic modality that has gained prominence over the past two ...
Aidan Seale‐Feldman
wiley +1 more source
, 2021 Tanemura Ryugen. Anthony Tribe, Tantric Buddhist Practice in India: Vilāsavajra’s commentary on the Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṃgīti, A critical edition and annotated translation of chapters 1–5 with introductions, London–New York, Routledge (Routledge Studies in ...
Tanemura, Ryugen
core
Introduction: Convergences and religious change in Asian religions
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 258-267, August 2025.Abstract This introduction to the special issue examines various approaches to understanding religious change in Asia. It revisits models for religious change—particularly rupture and repair, both featured in prior TAJA issues—and acknowledges their usefulness while also highlighting their limitations.
Kendall R. Marchman
wiley +1 more source
Antonio de Montserrat - The Silk Road and the Secret Paths of Tantra
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClaraThis article presents the biography of Antonio de Montserrat with the aim of situating him within Buddhist critical thought as the first Westerner initiated into tantric philosophy and a key figure in its introduction to the West through the Society of ...
Oscar R. Gomez
doaj +1 more source
Tantric religion and social change
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 268-279, August 2025.Abstract During the period between the seventh and 11th centuries, several religious innovations occurred in Indic religions (which I refer to anachronistically as ‘Hinduism’). In particular, during this period, we see the rise of tantric traditions based on a new revelation of texts, some of whose followers regarded themselves as transcending the ...
Gavin Flood
wiley +1 more source
Interpreting the Image of the Human Body in Pre-modern India [PDF]
, 2009 This paper sets out two main arguments. In part one, a description of the adherents of the various intellectual disciplines and religious faiths in premodern India is given, each having developed distinct and different imagined bodies; for example, the ...
Dominik Wujastyk +2 more
core +1 more source