Sravana Borkataky-Varma
Biographic Data
| ID | 1172445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sravana Borkataky-Varma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sravana |
| FAMILY NAME | Borkataky-Varma |
| SIGNATURE | BORKATAKY-VARMA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender
Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises
From the Fringes to Center Stage
This chapter focuses on an understudied group of individuals called the hijṛās within the larger world of Hindu Śākta tantra. Hijṛās in India is a collective term used for a group of people with a variety of temperaments, personalities, sexual needs, gender identities, cross-gender behaviors, and levels of commitment. Since 2016, there has been a concerted effort by the hijṛās to rebrand themselves as Kinnars. And with this new identity, they are…
Digital Tantra
Introduction to the Special Issue
Red
The Dead Speak
In this paper, we shall examine how possession is understood in Assam, India. We are aware that the larger northeastern frontier of India retained indigenous practices, religious festivals, and beliefs in a plethora of exotic goddesses, rituals, which have continued unabated through modern times. This has resulted in cross-pollination between the Vedic or traditional Brahmanical or orthodox Hindu practices and the indigenous practices, which in t…
The Dead Speak
In this paper, we shall examine how possession is understood in Assam, India. We are aware that the larger northeastern frontier of India retained indigenous practices, religious festivals, and beliefs in a plethora of exotic goddesses, rituals, which have continued unabated through modern times. This has resulted in cross-pollination between the Vedic or traditional Brahmanical or orthodox Hindu practices and the indigenous practices, which in t…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Red
From the Fringes to Center Stage
This chapter focuses on an understudied group of individuals called the hijṛās within the larger world of Hindu Śākta tantra. Hijṛās in India is a collective term used for a group of people with a variety of temperaments, personalities, sexual needs, gender identities, cross-gender behaviors, and levels of commitment. Since 2016, there has been a concerted effort by the hijṛās to rebrand themselves as Kinnars. And with this new identity, they are…
Digital Tantra
Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises
Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender
Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · Hinduism (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Tantra (5 works) · History (4 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religious Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works)