Mans Broo

The Rādhā Tantra

A critical edition and annotated translation

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Produktbeschreibung

The R¿dh¿ Tantra is an anonymous 17th century tantric text from Bengal. which offers lively picture of the meeting of different religious traditions. This book presents a critically edited text of the R¿dh¿ Tantra, based on manuscripts in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as an annotated translation. It is prefaced by an introduction that situates the text in its social and historical context and discusses its significance. It also looks at the composition and metrics, vocabulary and grammar, and contents and doctrine of the text.The Sanskrit text in Roman transliteration, following the standard IAST system, is then presented, followed by an English translation of the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138892361
• ISBN-10: 113889236X
• Artikelnr.: 43679015

Autorenporträt

Måns Broo is Senior Lecturer of Comparative Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Conventions in the critical text and the translation 3. Critical Edition of the R
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Tantra 4. Annotated Translation of the R
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Tantra