The roots of Tantra

Machine generated contents note:pt. IOverviews --1.What Do We Mean by Tantrism? /Andre Padoux --2.Early Evidence for Tantric Religion /David N. Lorenzen --pt. IIHistory and Development of Tantra --3.Historical and Iconographic Aspects of Sakta Tantrism /M.C. Joshi --4.Auspicious Fragments and Uncert...

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Contributors: Harper, Katherine Anne 1944- (Other) ; Brown, Robert L. 1944- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Albany State University of New York Press c2002
In:Year: 2002
Series/Journal:SUNY series in tantric studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tantrism
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B RELIGION ; Hinduism ; General
B Electronic books History
B Tantrism History
B Tantrism
B Electronic books
B History
B Conference program
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Summary:Machine generated contents note:pt. IOverviews --1.What Do We Mean by Tantrism? /Andre Padoux --2.Early Evidence for Tantric Religion /David N. Lorenzen --pt. IIHistory and Development of Tantra --3.Historical and Iconographic Aspects of Sakta Tantrism /M.C. Joshi --4.Auspicious Fragments and Uncertain Wisdom: The Roots of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India /Douglas Renfrew Brooks --5.Structural Interplay of Tantra, Vedanta, and Bhakti: Nondualist Commentary on the Goddess /Thomas B. Coburn --pt. IIIArt History and Archaeology of Tantra --6.Spinal Serpent /Thomas McEvilley --7.Warring Saktis: A Paradigm for Gupta Conquests /Katherine Anne Harper --8.Early Evidence of the Pancaratra Agama /Dennis Hudson --pt. IVVedas and Tantra --9.Imagery of the Self from Veda to Tantra /Teun Goudriaan --10.Tongues of Flame: Homologies in the Tantric Homa /Richard K. Payne --pt. VTexts and Tantra --11.Becoming Bhairava: Meditative Vision in Abhinavagupta's Paratrisika-laghuvrtti /Paul E. Muller-Ortega --12.Tantric Incantation in the Devi Purana: The Padamala Mantra Vidya /Lina Gupta.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Physical Description:Online Ressource (ix, 270 p.), ill.
ISBN:0-585-46291-7
978-0-585-46291-2
0-7914-5305-7
978-0-7914-5305-6
0-7914-5306-5
978-0-7914-5306-3