The heart of the yogini : Yoginihrdaya, a Sanskrit tantric treatise

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Padoux, André, Author.

Padoux, Andrâe., Author.

Contributor:

Jeanty, Roger-Orphé, Contributor.

Jeanty, Roger-Orphâe., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tripurasundaråi (Hindu deity)--Cult.

Tripurasundaråi (Hindu deity).

âSråividyåa (Sect)--Rituals.

âSråividyåa (Sect).

Tantrism.

Hinduism.

Tantras. Yoginīhr̥daya--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Tantras.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Other Title:

heart of the Yogini

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first English translation of the Yoginīhṛdaya, 'The Heart of the Yoginī', an important twelfth-century Sanskrit ritual and religious text of the Śrīvidyā, one of the main schools of the tantric tradition of Kashmir shaivism. With explanatory commentary, notes, a glossary, and an index, it details the teaching and ritual of the Śrīvidyā, whose main deity is the fair and benevolent goddess Tripurasundarī, the supreme Yoginī. This ancient tradition is still active in Nepal and India.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 5, 2013).

Contains:

Tantras. Yoginīhr̥daya. English.