RT Book T1 The roots of Tantra T2 SUNY series in tantric studies A2 Harper, Katherine Anne A2 Brown, Robert L. LA English PP Albany PB State University of New York Press YR 2002 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1657025357 AB 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. NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record CN BL1283.83 SN 0585462917 SN 9780585462912 SN 0791453057 SN 9780791453056 SN 0791453065 SN 9780791453063 K1 Tantrism : History K1 Tantrism K1 History K1 Electronic books K1 RELIGION ; Hinduism ; General K1 Electronic books : History K1 Konferenzschrift K1 Aufsatzsammlung