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  IJTS Vol. 6, No. 1
September 11, 2002

  Editorial Note
  Traditions in Transition...
   - Introduction
   - The Rise of...
   - Structural Elements of...
   - Proto-Sadhana in...
   - Vajrayogini as Tantric...
   - Vajrayogini in the...
   - The Power of...
   - Tantra, Shamanism, and...
   - Bibliography
  The Conservative Character...
   - Introduction
   I. Brāhmanism, Tantra and...
   II. Harnessing the Goddess...
   III. The Power of the Impure...
   IV. The Worldly Side of Power...
   Conclusions and...
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The Conservative Character of Tantra:
Secrecy, Sacrifice and This-Worldly Power in Bengali Śākta Tantra
 
by Hugh B. Urban

Abbreviations

BTS Bṛhat Tantrasāra of Kṛṣṇānanda Āgamavāgīśa. Edited By Śrī Rasikamohana Caṭṭopādhyāya and Śrī Candrakumāra Tarkālaṅkāra. Calcutta, Navabhārata Pub, 1982

KT Kulārṇava Tantra. Edited by Tārānātha Vidyāratna. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas, 1999

SB Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. Translated by Julius Eggeling. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidas, 1963

YT Yoginī Tantra. Edited by Viśvanārāyaṇa Śāstrī. Varanasi, Bharatiya Vidyā Prakāśana, 1982

Works Cited

Banerji, S.C. Tantra in Bengal. Calcutta, Naya Prokash. 1978

Bataille, Georges Erotism: Death and Sensuality. San Francisco, City Lights. 1986

Beane, Wendell C. Myth, Cult and Symbols in Śākta Hinduism: A Study of the Indian 1977 Mother Goddess. Leiden, E.J. Brill.

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