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This is a critical study of the Kularnava Tantra, which is a tantra text with 15 chapters. The volume studies all significant features of the tantra text including the importance of the Kaula region in human life, the part played by kulaguru in imparting salvation to his shishya or disciples, relation between the guru and the shishya and the importance of the Paraprasada mantra in the context of the Kularnava Tantra. Trying to present the tantric views in a clear ...
The present book viz. The Socio-political life of India in the age of the Puranas contains an introduction to the Puranas which is followed by nine main chapters containing different aspects of the socio-political life of India.
The book is completed with Concluding Remarks and a bibliography. The chapter is followed by concluding remarks on the subject of the present study.
The Kasikavrtti or the Kasika written by Jayaditya and Vamana in the seventh century A.D. is the fourth great grammar after the Astadhyayi of Panini, the Mahabhasya of Patanjali and the Vakyapadiya of Bhartrhari. The Kasika is formally known as a commentary on the Astadhyayi of Panini. But like the Mahabhasya, it is also a very important source book for the study of the multi-coloured socio-cultural life of the people of India of the age of Jayaditya and Vamana. ...
The first chapter is a general introduction on the origin of Tantra, the contents and purpose of Tantra and a general study of Assam's Tantra literature. The second chapter deliberates on the details of the contents of the Yogini Tantra of Assam. It covers the historical and geographical importance of the Tantra. It deals in detail with the occult practices of the Tantric religion of Assam. The third chapter is a detailed study of the religious places of Assam. ...