CONTENTS: Acknowledgements, Entering the Realm of the Mother Goddess: An Introduction, 1. Sacred Paradoxes: The Dasa Mahavidyas in Tantric Sakta Traditions, 2. Sacred Reflections: Visualizing Divinity through Icons and Symbols, 3. The Divine Network: Kamakhya and the Dasa Mahavidyas in the Creation of Sacred Space, 4. Mysticism, Power and Transgression: Rituals of the Dasa Mahavidya Pantheon, 5. Deciphering the Ambubachi Mela, Embracing the Eternal Mother: Final Reflections, Appendix I: Iconography of the Dasa Mahavidyas, Appendix II: Inscriptions of Koch, Pre-Ahom and Ahom Dynasties, Appendix III. Plates, Bibliography, Index.