The heart of the Yogini The Yoginihrdaya, a Sanskrit tantric treatise
This is the first English translation of the Yoginåihòrdaya, 'The Heart of the Yoginåi', an important twelfth-century Sanskrit ritual and religious text of the âSråividyåa, one of the main schools of the tantric tradition of Kashmir shaivism. With explanatory commentary, notes, a glossary,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2014, 2014
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This is the first English translation of the Yoginåihòrdaya, 'The Heart of the Yoginåi', an important twelfth-century Sanskrit ritual and religious text of the âSråividyåa, one of the main schools of the tantric tradition of Kashmir shaivism. With explanatory commentary, notes, a glossary, and an index, it details the teaching and ritual of the âSråividyåa, whose main deity is the fair and benevolent goddess Tripurasundaråi, the supreme Yoginåi. This ancient tradition is still active in Nepal and India |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780199369966 |