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Illness and immortality : mantra, maṇḍala, and meditation in the Netra Tantra / Patrica Sauthoff.
Van Pelt Library BL1142.56 .S28 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sauthoff, Patrica, author.
- Language:
- English
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Tantrism--Doctrines.
- Tantrism.
- Hindu mantras.
- Śaivism--History.
- Śaivism.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 220 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Mantra: Om Jum Sah
- 2. Language, Physicality, and Mantra
- 3. Iconography: Forms of Amrtesa and Mrtyujit
- 4. Identity and Purity
- 5. Initiation
- 6. Religion of Monarchs
- 7. Conquering Death Through Ritual
- 8. Mandalas
- 9. Visualizing Amrta: SvT 7.207
- 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780197553268
- 0197553265
- OCLC:
- 1295591731
- Publisher Number:
- 99990178347
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