 | | |
| Yoga, Bhoga and Ardhanariswara: Individuality, Wellbeing and Gender in Tantra | 
 enlarge | Author: Prem Saran
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Category: Book
List Price: $100.00
Buy New: $51.55
You Save: $48.45 (48%)
Buy New/Used from $34.99
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 242
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0415480019
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9780415480017
ASIN: 0415480019
Publication Date: December 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This book is a social-scientific interpretation of the 15 centuries-old Hindu and Buddhist traditions of tantra. It is a self-reflexive study, informed by an insider's empathy and the apprehension of an Indologist-cum-anthropologist who is also a mystic and an initiated practitioner of the cult himself. Using his personal praxis to inform his research, the author examines three core themes tantra: a 'holonic'/mandalic individuality that conduces to the mystical experience; a positive valorisation of pleasure and play; and cultural attitudes of gender - mutuality and - complementarity as neatly encapsulated in the icon of Shiva as Ardhanariswara.This analysis - as captured by the tantric mandalas of deities in intimate union who vividly enact the three themes - leads to his compelling metathesis, that of tantra serving as a permanent counterculture within Indic civilisation. This book should be of interest to those in anthropology, South Asian studies, religious studies, gender studies, psychology, and philosophy, as also the general reader.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| | |