Goddess Traditions in India: Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripurārahasya

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	The Text
	Mythical Origin and Transmission of the Text
	The Textual Sources of the Tripurārahasya
	Period of Composition and Place of Origin of the Tripurārahasya
	Editions and Translations of the Tripurārahasya 71
	Notes
Part I: Myths and Rituals
	Chapter 1: The Tripurārahasya and the Śrı̄vidyā Tradition
		Dı̄kṣā
		Mantra
			Pañcadaśākṣarı̄
			Ṣoḍaśākṣarı̄
				Pūjā
		Notes
	Chapter 2: The Iconic Form of the Goddess
		Notes
	Chapter 3: Tripurā as Kāmākṣı̄ and Lalitā
		Tripurā and Kāma: Kāmākṣı̄
		Tripurā as Lalitā
		Notes
	Chapter 4: The Island of Jewels and the Śrı̄cakra
		The Origin of the Island of Jewels
		The Island of Jewels
		The Śrı̄cakra
		Notes
Part II: Philosophical and Theological Teachings
	Chapter 1: Tripurā as Immanent and Transcendent Divine Consciousness
		Tripurā as Ultimate Reality
		The Goddess and the World
		Notes
	Chapter 2: The Reformulation of the Svātantryavāda and Ābhāsavāda 548
		Notes
	Chapter 3: The Goddess as Word-Energy
		The Levels of the Word
		The Sonorous Body of the Goddess
		The Sixfold Pathway
		Notes
	Chapter 4: The Path towards Jı̄vanmukti
		First Teachings
		The Ever-Present Self
		Samādhi
		The Jı̄vanmukta
		The Secret Doctrine of Tripurā
		Conclusion
		Notes
Part III: Synopsis of the Māhātmyakhaṇḍa of the Tripurārahasya : With an Annotated Translation of the Stotras and of Selected Passages
	Descent of the Scripture ( Śāstrāvatāra)
		Chapter 1
		Chapter 2
	Presentation of the Spiritual Teachers
		Story of Paraśurāma
			Chapter 3
	The Sage Saṃvarta
		Chapter 4
	Dattātreya and His Teaching
		Chapter 5
		Chapter 6
	Tripurā as Mother of the Worlds
		Chapter 7
		Chapter 8
		Chapter 9
	The Goddesses as Forms of Tripurā
		The Threefold Kumārı̄
			Chapter 10
	Lakṣmı̄ and the Deeds of her Son Kāma
		Chapter 11
		Chapter 12
		Chapter 13
		Chapter 14
		Chapter 15
		Chapters 16–17
		Chapter 18
		Chapter 19
		Chapter 20
		Chapter 21
		Chapter 22
		Chapter 23
	Kāma and Tripurā
		Chapter 24
		Chapter 25
		Chapter 26
	Gaurı̄
		Chapter 26 (continuation)
		Chapter 27
		Chapter 28
	Marriage of Pārvatı̄ and Śiva
		Chapter 29
		Chapter 30
		Chapter 31
		Chapter 32
		Chapter 33
	Origin of the Cult of the Śivaliṅga
		Chapter 34
		Chapter 35
	Kāma and Tripurā/Kāmākṣı̄
		Chapter 36
	Birth of Skanda
		Chapter 37
	Bhāratı̄
		Chapter 38
		Chapter 39
		Chapter 40
	Kātyātanı̄
		Chapter 41
	Caṇḍikā
		Chapter 42
		Chapter 43
	Kālı̄
		Chapter 44
	Durgā
		Chapter 45
		Chapter 46
	Lalitāmāhātmya
		Rebirth of Kāma
			Chapter 47
			Chapter 48
	Birth and First Deeds of Bhaṇḍa
		Chapter 49
		Chapter 50
		Chapter 51
		Chapter 52
	Maṇidvı̄pa and Śrı̄cakra
		Chapter 53
		Chapter 54
		Chapter 55
		Chapter 56
		Chapter 57
		Chapter 58
	Antecedents of the Fight between Bhaṇḍa and Lalitā
		Chapter 59
		Chapter 60
		Chapter 61
		Chapter 62
	The Battle
		Chapter 63
		Chapter 64
		Chapter 65
		Chapter 66
		Chapter 67
		Chapter 68
		Chapter 69
		Chapter 70
		Chapter 71
		Chapter 72
		Chapter 73
		Chapter 74
		Chapter 75
		Chapter 76
		Chapter 77
	Lalitā Triumphant
		Chapter 78
	Conclusion
		Chapter 79
		Chapter 80
	Notes
Bibliography
	Works of Reference (Dictionaries, etc.)
	Primary Sources (Texts, Editions and Translations)
	Secondary Sources
Index of the Translated Passages and  Stotras
General Index