A History of Indian literature, Volume 2, Part 2. Epics and Sanskrit religious literature. Hindu Tantric and Sakta Literature

BOOK-COVER......Page 1
TITEL......Page 2
SERIE-TITEL......Page 3
HALF-TITEL......Page 4
COBYRIGHT......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PART I                  TEUN GOUDRIAAN  HINDU TANTRIC LITERATURE IN SANSKRIT......Page 8
CHAPTER I      GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS......Page 9
CHAPTER II          THE  EARLY TRADITION......Page 40
CHAPTER III     TANTRAS OF THE SRlKULA......Page 66
CHAPTER IV TANTRAS DEVOTED TO KlLl AND SOME OTHER GODDESSES......Page 83
CHAPTER V       SOME OTHER KAULA TANTRAS AND TANTRAS ON RESTRICTED SUBJECTS......Page 100
CHAPTER VI VAISNAVA TANTRAS AND TANTRAS OF OTHER SECTS......Page 113
CHAPTER VII TANTRAS OF MAGIC......Page 120
CHAPTER VIII DIGESTS OF MANTRASASTRA......Page 138
CHAPTER IX    RITUAL COMPILATIONS......Page 149
CHAPTER X MONOGRAPHS ON MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS......Page 165
CHAPTER XI     SOME WORKS OF SPECULATIVE CONTENTS......Page 170
PART II      SANJUKTA GUPTA  TANTRIC SAKTA LITERATURE IN MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGES......Page 181
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION......Page 183
CHAPTER II   TANTRIC LITERATURE IN BENGALI......Page 193
CHAPTER III   TANTRIC LITERATURE IN HINDI ANDRELATED LANGUAGES......Page 210
I. Original Sources......Page 223
II. Tantric Catalogues......Page 224
III. Other Abbreviations......Page 225
B. Secondary Sources (Works by Modern Authors)......Page 227
Part I: Titles of Tantric and Sakta texts in Sanskrit and Modern Indo-Aryan languages.......Page 232
Part I I : Names of authors and deities, technical terms and other words......Page 239