The economics of ecstasy Tantra, secrecy, and power in colonial Bengal

This is a study of the Bengali Kartabhaja sect and its place in the broader movement of Tantrism, an Indian religious movement employing purposely shocking sexual language and rituals

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Main Author: Urban, Hugh B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2001, 2001
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