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Record Nr.

UNINA9911148939503321

Titolo

The roots of Tantra / / edited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002

ISBN

9780791488904

079148890X

9780585462912

0585462917

Descrizione fisica

ix, 270 p. : ill

Collana

SUNY series in tantric studies

Altri autori (Persone)

HarperKatherine Anne

BrownRobert L. <1944 October 6->

Disciplina

294.5/514

Soggetti

Tantrism - History

Hindu sects - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Roots of Tantra -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE by Katherine Anne Harper -- Introduction by Robert L. Brown -- PART I: OVERVIEWS -- 1. What Do We Mean by Tantrism? by Andre Padoux -- 2. Early Evidence for Tantric Religion by David N. Lorenzen -- PART II: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF TANTRA -- 3. Historical and Iconographic Aspects of Sakta Tantrism by M. C. Joshi -- 4. Auspicious Fragments and Uncertain Wisdom: The Roots of Srıvidya Sakta Tantrism in South India by Douglas Renfrew Brooks -- 5. The Structural Interplay of Tantra, Vedanta, and Bhakti: Nondualist Commentary on the Goddess by Thomas B. Coburn -- PART III: THE ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF TANTRA -- 3. Historical and Iconographic Aspects of Sakta Tantrism by M. C. Joshi -- 4. Auspicious Fragments and Uncertain Wisdom: The Roots of Srıvidya Sakta Tantrism in South India by Douglas Renfrew Brooks -- 5. The Structural Interplay of Tantra, Vedanta, and Bhakti: Nondualist Commentary on the Goddess by Thomas B. Coburn -- PART III: THE ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF TANTRA -- 6. The Spinal Serpent by Thomas McEvilley -- 7. The Warring Saktis: A Paradigm For Gupta Conquests by



Katherine Anne Harper -- 8. Early Evidence of the Pancaratra Agama by Dennis Hudson -- PART IV: THE VEDAS AND TANTRA -- 11. Becoming Bhairava: Meditative Vision in Abhinavagupta's Paratrısika-laghuvtti by Paul E. Muller-Ortega -- 12. Tantric Incantation in the Devı Purana: Padamala Mantra Vidya by Lina Gupta -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the sources of Tantra.