The Alchemical Body
Subtitle: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 614
ISBN-13: 9780226894973
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Hinduism; Kabbalah & hermetic thought; Mysticism; Religious rites & ceremonies; Asian And Oriental Religions; Religion; Religion - World Religions; India; Asia - India & South Asia; Religion / Hinduism; Hinduism - General; Alchemy; History; Religious aspects; Siddhas; Tantrism; To 1500
First sentence: The emperor Aurangzeb issued a firman to Anand Nath, the abbot of Jakhbar, an obscure monastery in the Punjab, in 1661 or 1662: The letter sent by Your Reverence has been received along with two tolahs of quicksilver.