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The Young Goddess Who Dances through the Ordinariness of Life―A Study on the Tantric Traditions of Kerala
by Maciej Karasinski-Sroka and G. Sudev Krishna Sharman
Religions 2022, 13(7), 667; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13070667 - 21 Jul 2022
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Drawing on both ethnographic and literary sources, this paper indicates that initiations into the mantra of Bālā are essential rites of passage for various Tantric communities. We focus on two previously unstudied texts: Bālāviṃśati stotra (“Twenty Verses on the Bālā Goddess”), a popular [...] Read more.
Drawing on both ethnographic and literary sources, this paper indicates that initiations into the mantra of Bālā are essential rites of passage for various Tantric communities. We focus on two previously unstudied texts: Bālāviṃśati stotra (“Twenty Verses on the Bālā Goddess”), a popular eulogy sung on festive occasions in Keralan temples, and Bālādīkṣāpaddhati (“A Treatise on Initiation into the Bālā Mantra”), a short treatise explaining the rules of initiation into the Bālā cult of Kerala. The article contextualizes the texts by providing commentaries of practitioners and interpretations of Keralan gurus who initiate their adepts into Śrīvidyā. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Divine: She/Her/Hers—Global Goddess Traditions)
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