Tantra
Subtitle: Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780520236561
Subjects: Anthropology; Asian studies; Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; Hinduism; Religion; India; Tantric Buddhism; Anthropology - Cultural; Anthropology - General; Asia - India & South Asia; Hinduism - General; Religion / General; Customs & Traditions; Reference; Tantrism
First sentence: The category "Tantra" is a basic and familiar one today in the vocabulary of most scholars of religious and generally considered one of the most important and controversial forms of Asian religion.