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Indian esoteric Buddhism : a social history of the Tantric movement

Author: Ronald M Davidson
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ronald M Davidson
ISBN: 0231126182 9780231126182 0231126190 9780231126199
OCLC Number: 49773764
Description: xvi, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: A plethora of premises --
Prayers in the palace, swords in the temple: early medieval India --
The medieval Buddhist experience --
The victory of esoterism and the imperial metaphor --
Siddhas and the religious landscape --
Siddhas, literature, and language --
Siddhas, monks, and communities --
Conclusion: The esoteric conundrum --
Appendix: Probable Patupata sites --
Glossary.
Responsibility: Ronald M. Davidson.

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