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Book: Yoga Studies in Five Minutes

Chapter: 35. What is a Yoginī?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.46377

Blurb:

The meaning of the term yoginī varies considerably according to context, and can include: a class of tantric goddesses, a designation for the Great Goddess, intermediary beings/demigoddesses, ghosts, witches, female ascetics, tantric practitioners, women consecrated to a deity, and persons with a special affinity for Indian religion.

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