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Summary
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.
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Teun Goudraan Publications by André Padoux
Chapter 1 Jnana and Kriya : Relation between Theory and Practice in the Saivagamas Hélène Brunner
Chapter 2 On Purascarana : Kularnavatantra, Chapter 15 Gudrun Bühnemann
Chapter 3 Becoming a Siva , and Acting as One in Saiva Worship Richard H. Davis
Chapter 4 "Having Become a God, He Should Sacrifice to the Gods" Vrajavallabha Dviveda
Chapter 5 The Stages of Awakening in the Svacchanda-tantra Teun Goudriaan
Chapter 6 Yoga and Antaryaga in Pancaratra Sanjukta Gupta
Chapter 7 Pasupata Studies (1)
Minoru Hara
Chapter 8 Tantric Meditation: Vocalic Beginnings Paul E. Muller-Ortega
Chapter 9 Navjivan Rastogi The Yogic Disciplines in the Monistic Saiva Tantric Traditions of Kashmir: Threefold, Fourfold, and Six-Limbed Navjivan Rastogi
Chapter 10 The Doctrines of the Malinivijayottaratantra Alexis Sanderson
Chapter 11 The Kubjika Upanisad and Its Atharvavedic Character Jan A. Schoterman
Chapter 12 The Pratyabhijna and the Logical-Epistemological School of Buddhism Raffaele Torella
