Vac: The Concept of the Word in Selected Hindu Tantras

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SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : Sri Satguru Publications (Series: Sri Garib Dass Oriental)
  • By : Andre Padoux
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2015
  • Pages : 457
  • Weight : 750 gm
  • Size : 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches
  • ISBN-10: 8170303435
  • ISBN-13: 978-8170303435
DESCRIPTION:
Summary: The last two chapters explain the powers of mantras as sacred ritual utterances. These powers are described as magical as well as religious, because they can achieve super-natural results as well as lead to salvation. Their uses are linked to yogic mental and bodily practices. Description: This book is about the power of the Word conceived as the main and most effe3ctive aspect of divine energy. It is the only systematic study in English of notions concerning the Word (Vac) as these are expounded in the shaiva tantras of Kashmir and in related texts.

About the Author

Andre Padoux is Director of the research unit on Hinduism at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, and is a member of the French National Council for Scientific Research.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Description

SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : Sri Satguru Publications (Series: Sri Garib Dass Oriental)
  • By : Andre Padoux
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2015
  • Pages : 457
  • Weight : 750 gm
  • Size : 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches
  • ISBN-10: 8170303435
  • ISBN-13: 978-8170303435
DESCRIPTION:
Summary: The last two chapters explain the powers of mantras as sacred ritual utterances. These powers are described as magical as well as religious, because they can achieve super-natural results as well as lead to salvation. Their uses are linked to yogic mental and bodily practices. Description: This book is about the power of the Word conceived as the main and most effe3ctive aspect of divine energy. It is the only systematic study in English of notions concerning the Word (Vac) as these are expounded in the shaiva tantras of Kashmir and in related texts.

About the Author

Andre Padoux is Director of the research unit on Hinduism at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, and is a member of the French National Council for Scientific Research.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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