Fluid control
Orchestrating blood flow in the Durgā Pūjā
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3943799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hillary Peter Rodrigues (Department of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-292 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000842980903800204 |
| OpenAlex | W2467041042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Tantric rituals are often concerned with the manipulation of life fluids. The Bengali Durgā Pūjā, an annual worship celebration for the Hindu Great Goddess, is an example of an essentially Tantric ritual with orthodox Vedic and Puranic features. Although the overt rationales for the ritual have undergone changes over the centuries, from its martial origins to socio-economic display, the liturgy offers an underlying rationale that reveals its Tantric interests. Ritual features, symbolic elements, and the states and statuses of the actors during the enactment of the Durgā Pūjā demonstrate its concern with orchestrating the flow of female reproductive fluids through a ritual manipulation of the divine feminine. This paper will articulate the most salient of those aspects. Although often overlooked, because of its non-Tantric façade, the Bengali Durga Pūjā points us to a valuable resource for the study of Hindu Śākta Tantrism
Archaeology · Bengali · Hindi · Hinduism · Linguistics · Resource (disambiguation · Salient · Sociology · Theology · Worship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |