The Hindu Tantric world : an overview
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| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published as André Padoux, Comprendre le tantrisme: Les sources hindoues (Paris: Albin Michel, 2010)." |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 219 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index. |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2017]
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| ISBN: | 9780226423937 (cloth : alk. paper) 022642393X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226424095 (pbk. : alk. paper) 022642409X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Table of Contents:
- The Hindu Tantric domain. The Hindu Tantric field : terminology and attempts at defining a Tantric domain
- Origins, history, expansion
- The textual material
- Tantric traditions : fundamental notions, beliefs, and speculations
- The Tantric world. The Tantric body
- Sex
- The Tantric word : mantras
- Tantric ritual
- The spiritual aspect
- Tantric places or practices
- Tantra today. Tantra in India
- Tantra in the West.