Samuel, Geoffrey <br/><br/>
Tantric revisionings: new understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian religion/ 
Geoffrey Samuel 
 - Delhi :  MBP,  2005. 
 - x,384p. :  ill. ;  24cm. 
<br/><br/>PARTI<br/>STARTING POINTS<br/>I. Introduction<br/>2. Tibet as. a Stateless Society and Some Islamic Parallels<br/>PART II<br/>HISTORICAL<br/>3.. The Dissenting Tradition of Indian Tantra and its<br/>Partial Hegemonisation in Tibet<br/>4. Tibetan Tantra as a Form of Shamanism: Some Reflections<br/>on the Vajrayana and its Shamanic Origins<br/>5. Buddhism and the State in Eighth Century Tibet<br/>6. Shamanism, Bon and Tibetan Religion<br/>7. The Indus Valley Civilisation and Early Tibet<br/>8. Ge-sar of gLing: The Origins and Meanings of the East<br/>Tibetan Epic<br/><br/>PART III<br/>RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA<br/>9. Tibet and the Southeast Asian Highlands: Rethinking<br/>the Intellectual Context of Tibetan Studies<br/>10. The Vajrayana in the Context of Himalayan Folk Religion<br/>11. The Effectiveness of Goddesses, or. How Ritual Works<br/>12. Women, Goddesses and Auspiciousness in South Asia<br/>PART IV<br/>BUDDHISM AND OTHER WESTERN RELIGIONS<br/>13. Tibetan Buddhism as a World Religion: Global<br/>Networking and its Consequences<br/>14. The Westernisation of Tibetan Buddhism<br/>15. The Attractions of Tantra: Two Historical Moments 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788120827523 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>	 Tantric Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- History. <br/>Tantric Buddhism -- India -- History. <br/>Tantric Buddhism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3  / SAM/T