world of tantra

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23cm.

Word-index of the Tantraloka

ISBN: 9788121512879, 8121512875

The Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta is perhaps the first, the largest and the most profound traditional undertaking that puts the entire tantric lore, literature, thought and praxis in a well-knit coherent pattern at one place. The present exercise should be seen as culmination of the author's efforts towards the structural study providing a basic support system for the more serious researchers in ...

Iconography of Sakta divinities, 2 vols

Das, HC (b.1935)

ISBN: 9788185268613, 8185268614

The Manifestations of Sakti incorporated in the 1st Volume are Katayani Dasa Mahavidyas, Sri-Lakshmi Manasa, Ganga & Yamuna, Sarasvati and Parvati; and in the IInd Volume-Mahisamardini-Durga, Saptamatrkas and sixty four Yoginis. The Vedas Upanishads, Epics, Puranas, Tantras, and the religious texts of Buddhism and Jainism, which highlight the emergence, development and significance of these dei...

Preparing for tantra: the mountain of blessings, with a commentary by Rabongka Rinpoche, tr. by Khen Rinpoche et al

x,514p., pls., gloss., bibl., ind., 23cm.

preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith

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vi,172p., bib., 18cm.

Treasures of yoga

Prakash, Prem

ISBN: 9789391430214, 939143021X

This book of yoga contains a variety of texts from across the broad spectrum of the yoga tradition, including Tantra, Bhakti, Raja, and Mantra yoga.

Ikkisvim sadi ki cunotiyam aur loktantra ki vaicariki (Politics)

Josi, Ramsaran

ISBN: 9788179757499, 8179757498

Illustrated Susruta Samhita: Uttar tantra (concluding doctrine of Susruta) with special notes on Dalhana's commentary, study on Salakya tantra, Vol.1, anvaya (natural word ....

...order), transliteration, annotation alongwith English equivalents transl. and comm. in English by Hemanta Panigrahi.

Impact of tantra on religion and art

Mishra, TN (b.1945)

ISBN: 9788124600733, 8124600732

The author tries to dispel certain distortions woven around tantric religion to contextually offer an unbiased account of its evolution, cultic variations, culture, philosophy, mysticism, and cardinal concepts and tenets.

Semiotica Indica: encyclopaedic dictionary of body-language in Indian art and culture, 2 vols.

Shukla, HL

ISBN: 9788173050466, 8173050465

Semiotica Indica is the first attempt to describe the semiotica of Indian culture. The book is about Indian actions, how actions become gesture and how gestures transmit messages. It covers much of the literature in Sanskrit and modern Indian languages on nonverbal communication and organizes it in a fashion useful for three purposes: (a) to provide an `ancient overview' of the nonverbal commun...

In the belly of the fish: Matsyendranatha and the chakra of the Yoginis, tr. from the Spanish by Michael B Miller

Dupuis, Stella

ISBN: 9788177699630, 8177699636

In this book, the author takes the reader into the very secret world of Tantra. The main theme revolves around the fish, archetype of fertility and transformation, expresed in one form or another from the most ancient times by the major religions.

Early settlements in the Central Tapi Basin, with a foreword by M.K. Dhavalikar

Sakti and Sakta: essays and addresses

Avalon, Arthur

ISBN: 9789391928117, 9391928110

The essays contained in this book traverse new ground in the literature of religion, for they are the first attempts to give an authenticated understanding, from the Indian standpoint rather than the western, of the chief features of the doctrine and practice of those Indian worshippers, who are known as Saktas, or those who worship the Divine Power, or Mahasakti.

garland of letters: studies in the mantra-shastra

Woodroffe, John (Arthur Avalon)

ISBN: 9789359442730, 9359442739

Sir John Woodroffe, also recognized by the pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and intricate body of published works on the Tantras and various Hindu traditions played a pivotal role in sparking widespread interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga. In addition to serving as the Advocate-General of Bengal and holding the position of Legal Member in the Government of In...

Melanges a la memoire de Pandit N.R. Bhatt: Studies in memory of Pandit N.R. Bhatt,

ISBN: 9788184702446, 8184702442

This collection of essays honours the memory of the late Pandit N.R. Bhatt, who contributed to pioneering research into the history of Saivism in the French institutions of research in Pondicherry, notably through his editions of Sanskrit works of the Saivasiddhanta and through his work of gathering the largest collection of Saiva manuscripts worldwide, recognised as a Memory of the World colle...

Paratantra

ISBN: 9789937060509, 9937060508

Hindu Tantric text in Sanskrit with intro. in Nepali.

Magyu Tsalung and Tummo, teachings by Drubdra Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin, according to the clear explanations on the daily practice of Tsalung and Tummo from the Mother Tantra, .......

ISBN: 9789937733021, 9937733022

....... which is both an excellent medicine for healing hundreds of diseases and the essential elixir of immortality.

Indian esoteric Buddhism: A social history of the tantric movement

Davidson, Ronald M

ISBN: 9788120819917, 8120819918

Yoga of Guhyasamajtantra: the arcane of lore of forty verses

Reprint: xix+265p., app., bibl., 23cm.

cosmic play of power: goddess, tantra and women

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