Purity and Power

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This article by the prolific scholar alexis sanderson is one of the writings I

have emmensely enjoyed reading (over the last weeks). I liked all his articles

and what is surprizing is his understanding and compassion as opposed to pure

western scholarship.

 

http://alexissanderson.com/Documents/sanderson_1985.pdf

 

This article is insightful and much more valid than my ignorant posts w.r.t the

recent discussions on brahminism and tantrism. What I feel good about is with

his views with extensive schorship and evidence is very much what I had imagined

to be true.

 

Another more relevant article is about a missing link between vedic and tantric

religions.

http://alexissanderson.com/Documents/Laakulas.pdf

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Sanderson is a great source and an eminently reputable scholar in the field

of Kashmiri Saivism at Oxford. However, it should be noted that his focus is

on Saivism, not Saktism, and so readers should not consider his work on

Saivism to be always true of other schools of thought, or every region. For

instance, Biernacki notes in Renowned Goddess of Desire that Sanderson

writes about the reasons for transgressive practices (to upset caste

structures), but that these practices were largely not transgressive in

Assam, and that transgression took on a different form. For instance,

Assamese Brahmins were never vegetarians, historically speaking, and even

now are not, generally speaking (at least this is true at Kamakhya, where

meat is a regular part of almost everyone's diet, with the exception of beef

and chicken).

 

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Saikat Maitra <singhi_kayawrote:

 

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>

> This article by the prolific scholar alexis sanderson is one of the

> writings I have emmensely enjoyed reading (over the last weeks). I liked all

> his articles and what is surprizing is his understanding and compassion as

> opposed to pure western scholarship.

>

> http://alexissanderson.com/Documents/sanderson_1985.pdf

>

> This article is insightful and much more valid than my ignorant posts w.r.t

> the recent discussions on brahminism and tantrism. What I feel good about is

> with his views with extensive schorship and evidence is very much what I had

> imagined to be true.

>

> Another more relevant article is about a missing link between vedic and

> tantric religions.

> http://alexissanderson.com/Documents/Laakulas.pdf

>

>

> Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more.

> Click here http://cricket.

>

>