KAULAJNANA-NIRNAYA (Tantra Granthmala No. 12)
by Magee, Mike (translated by); Edited and introduction by P.C. Bagchi
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Varanasi: Prachya Prakashan, 2007. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiii + 69 (preface & introduction), followed by the text in Sanskrit with English translation (paginated in Sanskrit numerals). Red cloth spine over yellow boards. A very good copy in like dust jacket. The Kaulajñ nanir aya is an important T ntric work belonging to the N tha tradition, supposed to have been composed by Matsyendran tha who was the founder of one of the Kaula schools called Yogini-kaula. It is divided into 24 sections and deals mainly with meaning of kula, practices prescribed for a kaula, the principle Akulavira, relation between Siva-Sakti, bindu, n da, mok a, mode of worship, means of acquisition of powers by which one can kill others and enjoy long life. There are two prefaces, one by Magee and the other by Bagchi. The lengthy introduction by Bagchi puts everything into perspective.
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- Richard Bishop, Bookseller (US)
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- Title
- KAULAJNANA-NIRNAYA (Tantra Granthmala No. 12)
- Author
- Magee, Mike (translated by); Edited and introduction by P.C. Bagchi
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Prachya Prakashan
- Place of Publication
- Varanasi
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- Tantrik Studies / Eastern Esoterica;
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