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Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South
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Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India Hardcover - 1992

by Douglas Renfrew Brooks


Details

  • Title Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India
  • Author Douglas Renfrew Brooks
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press, Albany
  • Date 1992
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780791411452 / 0791411451
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Hindu
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91031730
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.551

About the author

Douglas Renfrew Brooks is Assistant Professor of Religion and Director of Asian Studies, University of Rochester. Brook's textual and historical investigations of Sakta tantrism are augmented by extensive field work and experience among contemporary practitioners. He is also the author of The Secret of the Three Cities: An Introduction to Hindu Sakta Tantrism.