Ritual and Speculation in Early Tantrism: Studies in Honor of Andre Padoux

Herausgeber: Goudriaan, Teun

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Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates the extent to which we can understand the writings of the leading tantricas whose views regarding the universe and enlightenment developed from ritual practice and yoga. Contributors to this anthology include Helene Brunner, Gudrun Buhnemann, Richard H. Davis, Vrajavallabha Dviveda, Sanjukta Gupta, Minoru Hara, Paul Muller-Ortega, Navjivan Rastogi, Alexis Sanderson, Jan A. Schoterman, Raffaele Torella, and Teun Goudriaan.

Produktdetails

• Suny Tantric Studies
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 359
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780791408971
• ISBN-10: 0791408973
• Artikelnr.: 41400649

Autorenporträt

Teun Goudriaan is Professor in the Department of Oriental Languages at the University of Utrecht. His other books on Indology include Maya Divine and Human: A Study of Magic and Its Religious Foundations in Sanskrit Texts; Hindu Tantrism with Sanjukta Gupta and D. J. Hoens; Hindu Tantric and SAakta Literature with Sanjukta Gupta; The Vinsaikhatantra: A SAaiva Tantra of the Left Current, edited with an Introduction and a Translation; and The Kubjikamatatantra, Kulalikamnaya Version: Critical Edition with Introduction with Dr. Jan Schoterman.