On attracting women and tantric initiation: Tilottamā and Hevajratantra, II, v. 38–47 and I, vii. 8–9
Among the well known stories of Indian mythology there is one relating how the god Mahādeva (Śiva) became four-faced and how Indra acquired a thousand eyes. When the divine maiden (divyakanyā) Tilottamā circumambulated the gods, the eyes of all save Pitāamaha (Brahmā) followed her, whence the multip...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1995-10, Vol.58 (3), p.521-530 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Among the well known stories of Indian mythology there is one relating how the god Mahādeva (Śiva) became four-faced and how Indra acquired a thousand eyes. When the divine maiden (divyakanyā) Tilottamā circumambulated the gods, the eyes of all save Pitāamaha (Brahmā) followed her, whence the multiplication of faces and eyes. Indeed, the great epic relates that upon orders from Brahmā, she, consisting of a mass of gems (ratnasaṃghātamayī), was originally fashioned by Viśvakarman. In Indian mythology the figure of Tilottamā is therefore that of the beauty of woman incarnate. |
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ISSN: | 0041-977X 1474-0699 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0041977X00012933 |