The Hindu Tantric World : An Overview / / André Padoux |
Autore | Padoux André |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Soggetto topico |
Tantrism
Tantrism - History |
ISBN | 0-226-42409-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on the Pronunciation and Transcription of Sanskrit -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- PART I. The Hindu Tantric Domain -- PART II. The Tantric World -- PART III. Tantra Today -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliographical References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164954703321 |
Padoux André | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The roots of Tantra [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | ix, 270 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HarperKatherine Anne
BrownRobert L. <1944 Oct. 6-> |
Collana | SUNY series in tantric studies |
Soggetto topico |
Tantrism - History
Hindu sects - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7914-8890-X
0-585-46291-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455462503321 |
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The roots of Tantra [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | ix, 270 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HarperKatherine Anne
BrownRobert L. <1944 Oct. 6-> |
Collana | SUNY series in tantric studies |
Soggetto topico |
Tantrism - History
Hindu sects - History |
ISBN |
0-7914-8890-X
0-585-46291-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780237103321 |
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The roots of Tantra / / edited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | ix, 270 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HarperKatherine Anne
BrownRobert L. <1944 Oct. 6-> |
Collana | SUNY series in tantric studies |
Soggetto topico |
Tantrism - History
Hindu sects - History |
ISBN |
0-7914-8890-X
0-585-46291-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814383003321 |
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sound and communication [[electronic resource] ] : an aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism / / Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus |
Autore | Wilke Annette <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1136 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MoebusOliver |
Collana | Religion and society |
Soggetto topico |
Sound - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Hinduism - India Tantrism - India |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-16582-1
9786613165824 3-11-024003-3 |
Classificazione | BE 8032 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- I. Methodology -- 1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound -- II. History -- 2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound -- 3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda - Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic Literatures and Performing Arts -- 4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics -- 5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism -- 6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West -- 7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456152603321 |
Wilke Annette <1953-> | ||
Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sound and communication [[electronic resource] ] : an aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism / / Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus |
Autore | Wilke Annette <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1136 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MoebusOliver |
Collana | Religion and society |
Soggetto topico |
Sound - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Hinduism - India Tantrism - India |
Soggetto non controllato |
Hinduism
Sanskrit |
ISBN |
1-283-16582-1
9786613165824 3-11-024003-3 |
Classificazione | BE 8032 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- I. Methodology -- 1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound -- II. History -- 2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound -- 3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda - Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic Literatures and Performing Arts -- 4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics -- 5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism -- 6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West -- 7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780717103321 |
Wilke Annette <1953-> | ||
Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sound and communication : an aesthetic cultural history of Sanskrit Hinduism / / Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus |
Autore | Wilke Annette <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1136 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MoebusOliver |
Collana | Religion and society |
Soggetto topico |
Sound - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Hinduism - India Tantrism - India |
Soggetto non controllato |
Hinduism
Sanskrit |
ISBN |
1-283-16582-1
9786613165824 3-11-024003-3 |
Classificazione | BE 8032 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- I. Methodology -- 1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound -- II. History -- 2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound -- 3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda - Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic Literatures and Performing Arts -- 4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics -- 5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism -- 6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West -- 7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816045103321 |
Wilke Annette <1953-> | ||
Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tantra : Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion / / Hugh B. Urban |
Autore | Urban Hugh B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina |
294
294.5/514 |
Soggetto topico |
Tantric Buddhism
Tantrism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-35961-4
1-59734-932-1 9786612359613 9781417525533 0-520-93689-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra -- 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kàlí: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance -- 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India -- 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination -- 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda -- 5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century -- 6. The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449973303321 |
Urban Hugh B. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tantra : Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion / / Hugh B. Urban |
Autore | Urban Hugh B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina |
294
294.5/514 |
Soggetto topico |
Tantric Buddhism
Tantrism |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
buddhism buddhist tradition comparative religion contemporary religion critical theory cultural phenomena east and west eastern philosophy european scholars faith and spirituality hinduism india indian religions jainism nonfiction physical experiences political power religious lives religious practices religious secrecy religious studies sensuality sex sexual politics sexuality tantra western thought western world world religions |
ISBN |
1-282-35961-4
1-59734-932-1 9786612359613 9781417525533 0-520-93689-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra -- 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kàlí: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance -- 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India -- 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination -- 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda -- 5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century -- 6. The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783156203321 |
Urban Hugh B. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tantra : sex, secrecy politics, and power in the study of religions / / Hugh B. Urban |
Autore | Urban Hugh B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 294.5/514 |
Soggetto topico |
Tantrism
Tantric Buddhism |
ISBN |
1-282-35961-4
1-59734-932-1 9786612359613 9781417525533 0-520-93689-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra -- 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kàlí: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance -- 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India -- 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination -- 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda -- 5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century -- 6. The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807209903321 |
Urban Hugh B | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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