num_pages: 297
description: This book serves as an introductory study of Tantric aivism in its original scriptural sources. It traces the features and content of the canon of the aiva Tantras making use of many unpublished manuscripts from Kashmiri aiva authors.The book is also an introduction to the literature of the Kubjikamata. As Kundalini Kubjika is worshipped as the Goddess who is curled up and sleeping waiting to be awakened. The author explores her place in the Tantric literature.
language: English
title: The Canon of the Śaivāgama and the Kubjikā Tantras of the Western Kaula Tradition
publisher: State University of New York Press