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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harper, Katherine Anne.

Brown, Robert L., 1944 October 6-

Series:

SUNY series in tantric studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tantrism--History.

Tantrism.

Hindu sects--History.

Hindu sects.

Physical Description:

ix, 270 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the sources of Tantra.

Contents:

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791488904

079148890X

9780585462912

0585462917

OCLC:

52856173