| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in tantric studies |
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SUNY series in tantric studies.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Overviews -- 1. What Do We Mean by Tantrism? / Andre Padoux -- 2. Early Evidence for Tantric Religion / David N. Lorenzen -- pt. II History 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. III Art 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. IV Vedas 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. V Texts 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Tantrism -- History
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
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Tantrism
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harper, Katherine Anne
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Brown, Robert L., 1944 October 6-
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| LC no. |
2001054184 |
| ISBN |
0585462917 |
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9780585462912 |
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0791453057 |
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9780791453056 |
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0791453065 |
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9780791453063 |
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079148890X |
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9780791488904 |
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