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Early Tantric medicine : snakebite, mantras, and healing in the Gāruḍa Tantras / Michael Slouber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slouber, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Nepali
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric--India.
- Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
- Tantrism--India.
- Tantrism.
- Snakebites--Treatment--India.
- Snakebites.
- Snakebites--Treatment.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English and Nepali.
- Contents:
- Precursors to the Gāruḍam
- Canon and compendia
- The Vipati mantra
- Nīkaṇṭha et al.
- Snakebite goddesses
- Impact
- Conclusions and prospective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-353) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Slouber, Michael. Early Tantric medicine
- ISBN:
- 9780190461812
- 0190461810
- OCLC:
- 931476268
- Publisher Number:
- 99970479228
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