LEADER 03484nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910814383003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8890-X 010 $a0-585-46291-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791488904 035 $a(CKB)111087027854226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000239589 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215742 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239589 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240580 035 $a(PQKB)11038555 035 $a(OCoLC)52856173 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5856 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407965 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587164 035 $a(DE-B1597)683527 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791488904 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407965 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027854226 100 $a20011003d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe roots of Tantra /$fedited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2002 215 $aix, 270 p. $cill 225 0 $aSUNY series in tantric studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-5306-5 311 $a0-7914-5305-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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 Sr?vidya 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 Sr?vidya 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 Paratr?sika-laghuvtti by Paul E. Muller-Ortega -- 12. Tantric Incantation in the Dev? 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. 330 $aAn exploration of the sources of Tantra. 606 $aTantrism$xHistory 606 $aHindu sects$xHistory 615 0$aTantrism$xHistory. 615 0$aHindu sects$xHistory. 676 $a294.5/514 701 $aHarper$b Katherine Anne$01723029 701 $aBrown$b Robert L.$f1944 Oct. 6-$01723030 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814383003321 996 $aThe roots of Tantra$94123951 997 $aUNINA