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“Tantrism, if not in practice, at least on conceptual level challenged patriarchy.” Examine Tantrism specially keeping in mind the above context.

  • UPSC 2015
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

Tantrism, spreading widely across the subcontinent from roughly the eighth century and codified in texts known as the Tantras, offered a theology and ritual practice that ran directly against Vedic-Brahmanical orthodoxy.

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  • The Conceptual Elevation of the Feminine
  • Ritual Practice: Openings for Women
  • The Limits of the Challenge: Instrumentalization and Male Control

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