03630nam 2200673Ia 450 991097319590332120251117115257.09780791488904079148890X9780585462912058546291710.1515/9780791488904(CKB)111087027854226(SSID)ssj0000239589(PQKBManifestationID)11215742(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239589(PQKBWorkID)10240580(PQKB)11038555(OCoLC)52856173(MdBmJHUP)muse5856(Au-PeEL)EBL3407965(CaPaEBR)ebr10587164(DE-B1597)683527(DE-B1597)9780791488904(MiAaPQ)EBC3407965(Perlego)2672371(EXLCZ)9911108702785422620011003d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe roots of Tantra /edited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. BrownAlbany State University of New York Pressc2002ix, 270 p. illSUNY series in tantric studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791453063 0791453065 9780791453056 0791453057 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.An exploration of the sources of Tantra.TantrismHistoryHindu sectsHistoryTantrismHistory.Hindu sectsHistory.294.5/514Harper Katherine Anne1813506Brown Robert L.1944 October 6-1891023MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973195903321The roots of Tantra4533522UNINA