The heart of the yogini : Yoginīhrdaya, a Sanskrit tantric treatise / introduction, translation, and commentary by André Padoux with Roger-Orphé Jeanty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Padoux, André.

Contributor:

Jeanty, Roger-Orphé.

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Tripurasundarī (Hindu deity)--Cult.

Tripurasundarī.

Tantras. Yoginīhr̥daya--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Tantras.

Śrīvidyā (Sect).

Tantrism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Hinduism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford Universisty Press, 2013.

Summary:

André Padoux offers the first English translation of the Yoginihrdaya, a seminal Hindu tantric text dating back to the 10th or 11th century CE.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Note on the Transcription and Pronunciation of Sanskrit""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Encounter in the Cakra""; ""2. Encounter in the Mantra""; ""3. Encounter in the Worship""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""Y""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 25, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Contains:

Tantras. Yoginīhr̥daya. English.

ISBN:

0-19-998234-1

OCLC:

922972752