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

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 270 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 294.5/514
• Soggetto topico: Tantrism - History; Hindu sects - History
• Altri autori: HarperKatherine Anne BrownRobert L. <1944 October 6->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The roots of Tantra
• ISBN: 9780791488904; 079148890X; 9780585462912; 0585462917
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973195903321
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