Auspicious wisdom : the texts and traditions of �Sr�ividy�a �S�akta tantrism in south India / Douglas Renfrew Brooks.
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TextSeries: SUNY series in tantric studiesPublication details: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, �1992.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 301 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585067198
- 9780585067193
- �Sr�ividy�a
- �Sr�ividy�a (Hindu deity)
- Shaktism -- India, South
- Tantrism -- India, South
- RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General
- Shaktism
- �Sr�ividy�a (Hindu deity)
- Tantrism
- South India
- �Sr�ividy�a (Divinit�e hindoue)
- �Caktisme -- Inde (Sud)
- Tantrisme -- Inde (Sud)
- �Saktisme -- Inde (sud)
- Tantrisme -- Inde (sud)
- Schaktismus
- Indien -- S�ud
- 294.5/514 20
- BL1225.S73 B76 1992eb
- 11.92
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
Print version record.
Part one: �Sr�ividy�a tradition and texts -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Kula Tantrism and �Sr�ividy�a tradition -- Chapter 2: Earliest historical evidence for �Sr�ividy�a in Tamil literature -- Chapter 3: �Sr�ividy�a in text and history -- Chapter 4: The Goddess Lalit�a Mah�atripurasundar�i: The Sth�ula aspect -- Chapter 5: The �Sr�ividy�a Mantra: �sr�ividy�a -- Chapter 6: �Sr�icakra: the transcendent aspect of Dev�i -- Part two: Interpreting Tantric tirual.
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