The Brahmayamalatantra or Picumata, Vol.II: the religious observances and sexual rituals of the tantric practitioner: chapters 3, 21, and 45, a critical edn. and annotated tr. b...

ISBN: 9788184702071, 8184702078

...Kiss.;The present volume contains a critical edition and annotated translation of three of its chapters: one on the central mandala of the cult, one on preliminary religious observances (vrata) prescribed for all practitioners (sadhaka), and one on instructions for each individual category of sadhaka -- instructions on transgressive sexual rituals for the Talaka, on strict rules of conduct f...

Brhannilatantra, Kaul, Madhusudan (ed.)

Brhat-tantrasarah of Srikrsnanandagamvagisa, with bhasatika by Sri Kapiladevanarayana, 2 vols

A brief history of Dharmasastra

Banerji, SC (b.1917)

ISBN: 9788170173700, 8170173701

Contents: (i) Introduction (ii) Political, social and religious background (iii) Evolution of Dharmasastra (iv) Selected topics of Dharmasastra (v) Ethics in Dharmasastra (vi) Purana and Smrti (vii) Tantra and Smrti (viii) Interrelation among different schools of Navya-Smrti (ix) Society reflected in Dharmasastra (x) Rationalism, tolerance and germs of socialism in Dharmasastra (xi) Epilogue.

The brihat samhita of Varaha Mihira, English tr. by N.C. Ayer

ISBN: 9788170300946, 8170300940

British raj aur abhivyakti ki swantantrata: Aupanivesik Bharat mem pratibandhit sahitya 1907-1935

Sukla, Narendra

ISBN: 9789387648005, 9387648001

Buddhism in Kashmir

Tantray, Mushtaq Ahmad

ISBN: 9789380852812, 9380852819

Buddhism: its essence and development, with a preface by Arthur Waley

Conze, Edward

Contents: (i) Common ground (ii) Monastic Buddhism (iii) Popular Buddhism (iv) The old wisdom school (v) The Mahayana, and the new wisdom school (vi) Buddhism of faith and devotion (vii) The Yogacarins (viii) The tantra or megical Buddhism (ix) Non-Indian developments;

A philosophical reflection and religious investigation, foreword by GC Pande

Singh, Lalan Prasad

ISBN: 9788180696473, 8180696472

Contents:;1. Introduction to Buddhist Tantra;2. Philosophical Basis of Buddhist Tantra;3. Vijrayana;4. Sahajayana;5. Kalacakrayana Tantra;6. Tantra Sadhana;7. Conclusion

Buddhist tantricism

Singh, NK

ISBN: 9788182200043, 8182200040

An investigation of the theoretical and practical situations of two important texts which fall between the Tattvasamgrahatantra and the Hevajra-tantra, that is, the Guhyasamaja-tantra and the Sarvabuddha-samayogadakinimaya samvara-tantra.

Cakrasamvaratantram of Sriherukabhidhana with the vivrti commentary of Bhavabhatta, 2 vols., ed. by Janardan Shastri Pandey

Alocana aur jantantra,

Singh, Namwar

ISBN: 9789355188281, 9355188285

A catalogue of manuscripts in Assam, ed. and compiled by Malinee Goswami

ISBN: 9788191001686, 8191001683

This catalogue lists 1154 mss. In the field of Ayurveda, Darsana, Jyotisa, Mantra/Tantra, Puranas, Smriti and Vyanarana etc. mostly in Assamese and Sanskrit.

Catalogue of Pancaratra Samhita (Skt.), ed. by Sadhu Parampurushdas et al

ISBN: 9788175262065, 8175262060

This catalogue of 460 samhitas gives an idea about the wide range of Pancatantra Agama literature.

Change, continuity and complexity: The Mahavidyas in East Indian Sakta traditions

Shin, Jae-Eun

ISBN: 9788193560914, 8193560914

Based on a close analysis of Puranas, Tantras and inscriptional evidence, and on extensive field research on archaeological remains as well as sacred sites, the volume discusses the two trajectories of the Mahavidyas in eastern Sakta traditions.

The charisma of Tibet

Chandra, Lokesh

ISBN: 9788177421668, 8177421662

The Charisma of Tibet is the flowering (padma) of the jewelline (mani) Dharma (om) in its depths (hum). This book surveys problems beginning with the statue of the Chinese Queen in the Potala, the role of Bactrians, the original home and Pure Land of Padmasambhava, the independence of Tibet throughout history, and so on. The 5th chapter begins with Tibet as the source of all the major rivers of...

Chavarkadarshana Indriyanubhavavad (in Hindi)

Hari Singh

Chhahadhala of Daulatram, English tr. by S.C. Jain, ed. by Kusum Jain, foreword by Ashko Jain

ISBN: 9788172770280, 8172770286

Contents: (i) Sufferings of worldly life (ii) Causes of worldly suffering (iii) Gradation of spiritual up-lift, right-faith (iv) Right knowledge, householder's code of conduct (v) Twelve reflections (vi) Code of conduct for homeless ascetics. ;

The Chinese Hevajratantra (Taisho edition XVIII 892, p.587-601), the scriptural text of the ritual of the great king of the teaching the Adamantine one with great compassion and...

Willemen, Charles

ISBN: 9788120819450, 8120819454

...knowledge of void

Chitra-pothi: illustrated palm-leaf manuscripts from Orissa

Das, JP (b.1936)

ISBN: 9788189738068, 8189738062

This book traces the palm-leaf tradition of Orissa and the development of Oriya literature that provides the basis of palm-leaf art. It throws light on the making of the chitra-pothis and the nature of the texts that were illustrated weaving into the larger canvas the patron, the scribe and the artists, as it goes on to analyse palm-leaf art: as illumination of the text and as an art form.;Part...