Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond
The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra from around the seventh century and up to the present. The volume gathers contributions on South Asia, Tibet, Ch...
| Published in: | Religion and society |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Walter De Gruyter GmbH Co. KG
2012
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| In: |
Religion and society (52)
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| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
| Series/Journal: | Religion and society
52 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Europe
/ Tantrism
/ History
B Asia / Tantrism / Spread of / Western world |
| Further subjects: | B
Asiatische Religionen
B Collection of essays B History of religion studies B Asian Religions B Conference program 2008 (Berlin) B Tantrism History B Tantra B Tantrism B History of Religion B Religion / History B Tantrism (Asia) |
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| Summary: | The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra from around the seventh century and up to the present. The volume gathers contributions on South Asia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan, North America, and Western Europe. The chapters cover a wide thematic area, which includes modern Bengali tantric practitioners, tantric ritual in medieval China, the South Asian cults of the mother goddesses, the way of Buddhism into Mongolia, and countercultural echoes of con István Keul |
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| ISBN: | 3110258102 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110258110 |