Tantra : sex, secrecy politics, and power in the study of religions /

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Tantra seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure, and the full range of physical experience with the religious life and has proven a key factor in the imagining of India. This book offers a critical account of how the phenomenon has come to be.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Urban, Hugh B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Tantrism.
Tantric Buddhism.
Tantrisme.
Bouddhisme tantrique.
Vajrayana.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Tantra seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure, and the full range of physical experience with the religious life and has proven a key factor in the imagining of India. This book offers a critical account of how the phenomenon has come to be.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-366) and index.
ISBN:9780520936898
0520936892
1417525533
9781417525539
1597349321
9781597349321
9786612359613
6612359617

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