Introduction to Tantra Sastra/A. Avalon.Introduction to Tantra Sastra/A. Avalon. Delhi, Shivalik Prakashan, 2005, v, 158 p., ISBN 81-88808-15-6.

    Contents: 1. Mount Kailasa. 2. Siva and Sakti. 3. Guna. 4. The world (Lokas). 5. Inhabitants of the world. 6. Varna. 7. Asrama. 8. Macrocosm and Microcosm. 9. The ages. 10. The scriptures of the ages. 11. The human body. 12. The three temperaments. 13. Guru and Sisya. 14. Initiation : Diksa. 15. Abhiseka. 16. Sadhana. 17. Worship.  18. Yoga.  19. Sin and virtue-Karma.  20. Four aims of being (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksa).  21. Siddhi.

 

 

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