Vernacular Tantra?: An Analysis of the Bengali Text The Garland of Bones
The paper introduces the Middle Bengali text The Garland of Bones (Haramala) into Western scholarship, and poses the question of what milieu it was produced and transmitted in. The main subject matter of this work is Tantric yoga, particularly the concept of the body. Content analysis reveals that i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2020
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 63–86 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bengali
/ Religious literature
/ Tantrism
/ Regional identity
/ Kulācāra
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| RelBib Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Bengali Literature
B Hatha Yoga B Naths B Tantrism B Jogis B Yoga |
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