The following are a selection of books on Tantra.  These books are linked to show the complete table of contents and excerpts from the jacket/preface (please click on the hyperlinked  Details number at the end of each title). 

 

Updated June, 2008

Principles of Buddhist Tantra : A Discourse on Cittavisuddhi-prakarana of Aryadeva/Mathew Varghese. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2008, xviii, 282 p., $33. ISBN 81-215-1190-2.  Details No. 56213

Aspects of Tantra Yoga/Debabrata Sen Sharma. Varanasi, Indica, 2007, 164 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-86569-67-7.  Details No. 51105

Auspicious Wisdom : The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India/Douglas Renfrew Brooks. Reprint. 1996, xx, 301 p., $33. Details No. 11806

Buddhism in Indian History and Culture (Upto the Ambedkar Movement)/S.R. Goyal. Jodhpur, Kusumanjali Book World, 2004, xxviii, 551 p., $55. Details No. 34279

Buddhist Tantra and Buddhist Art/T.N. Mishra. Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2000, 132 p., 16 Colour plates, $22. ISBN 81-246-0141-0.  Details No. 17497

Buddhist Tantricism/N.K. Singh. Delhi, Global Vision, 2004, viii, 238 p., $28. ISBN 81-8220-004-0.    Details No. 34269

The Concept of Sunya/edited by A.K. Bag and S.R. Sarma. New Delhi, Aryan Books, 2003, xiv, 287 p., figs., table, $61. ISBN 81-7305-240-9.   Details No. 29404

Cultural Horizons of India: Vol. I : Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra. Edited by Tara Chandrika. 1990, 341 p., vi, plates, figs., $40 (Vol. I). Details No. 6243

Cultural Horizons of India, Volume 2 : Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra :edited by Tara Chandrika. 1992, 328 p., ill., figs., charts, $56 (Vol. II).  Details No. 7068

Cultural Horizons of India, Vol. 3 :Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra. Edited by Tara Chandrika. 1993, 453 p., figs., $63 (Vol. III). Details No. 7889

Cultural Horizons of India, Volume 4 : Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra. 1995, 464 p., 16 col. plates, line drawings, $59 (Vol. IV). Details No. 10039

Cultural Horizons of India, Volume 5: Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra. 1997, 371 p., illustrated, $63. Details No. 12316

Cultural Horizons of India, Volume 6 : Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra. 1997, 331 p., illustrations, $63 (Vol. VI). Details No. 12842

Cultural Horizons of India, Vol. 7: Studies in Tantra and Buddhism, Art and Archaeology, Language and Literature/Lokesh Chandra.1998, 407 p., colour plates, $79 (Vol. VII). ISBN 81-86471-17-0.Details No. 13968

Diary of a Tantric Priestess/Claire Marie Bailey and Jack Bailey. Varanasi, Pilgrims, 2006, $15. ISBN 81-7769-207-0.  Details No. 45177

The Disclosure of Being : A Study of Yogic and Tantric Methods of Enstasy/Moti Lal Pandit. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal Pub., 2006, xxxii, 348 p., $36. ISBN 81-215-1172-0. Details No. 47577

Encyclopaedia of Tantra/Swami Ramashankar Das. New Delhi, Anmol, 2007, 2 Vols., xvi, 656 p., $190 (set). ISBN 81-261-3253-9.  Details No. 52058

The Garland of Letters/John Woodroffe. Delhi, Shivalik Prakashan, 2006, 308 p., $33. ISBN 81-88808-24-3.  Details No. 46485

The Goddess of Tantra/Pranab Bandyopadhyay. Reprint. Kolkata, Punthi Pustak, 2002, 363 p., 14 plates, illus., $36. ISBN 81-86791-35-3. Details No. 26980

Gods, Goddesses and Religious Symbols of Hinduism, Buddhism and Tantrism [Including Tibetan Deities]/Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Rohit Kumar. Gwalior, M. Devi, 2004, 352 p.,  $28 (pbk). ISBN 99933-34-78-2.  Details No. 34496

Encyclopaedia of Buddhist Tantra/edited by Sadhu Santideva. Delhi, Cosmo, 2001, 5 Volumes, 1522 p., $292 (set). ISBN 81-7755-142-6. Details No. 19658

Encyclopaedia of Tantra/Sadhu Santideva. 1999, 5 Volumes, 1295 p., $231 (set). ISBN 81-7020-863-7. Details No. 14234

Essence of Vajrayana : The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Heruka Body Mandala/Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, 513 p., illus., $22. ISBN 81-208-1729-X. Details No. 17518   

Glimpses of Tantric Studies/edited by Bidyut Lata Ray. Kolkata, R.N. Bhattacharya Pub., 2006, xii, 322 p., $44. ISBN 81-87661-62-6.  Details No. 49047

A Glossary of Tantra, Mantra and Yantra. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, 2000, 105 p., $11. ISBN 81-7030-452-0.  Details No. 23922

The Great Liberation : Mahanirvana Tantra/A. Avalon. Delhi, Shivalik Prakashan, 2005, xvi, 455p., $40. ISBN 81-88808-17-4.  Details No. 42379

The Great Tantra of Ajita, Vol. I to V/edited and Translated by N.R. Bhatt, Jean Filliozat and Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat. New Delhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with Motilal, 2005, 1792 p., 285 ills., $180. ISBN 81-208-1974-8. [Kalamulasastra Series  47-51].  Details No. 56174

Guide to Dakini Land : The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Buddha Vajrayogini/Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, 532 p., Illus, $22. ISBN 81-208-1725-7. Details No. 17511 

History of the Tantric Religion : An Historical Ritualistic and Philosophical Study/N.N. Bhattacharyya. 2nd revised edition. 1999, 483 p., $30. ISBN 81-7304-025-7. Details No. 14217

History of the Tantric Religion : An Historical, Ritualistic and Philosophical Study/N.N. Bhattacharyya. Second revised edition. New Delhi, Manohar, 2005, 484 p., $25 (pbk). ISBN 81-7304-650-6.  Details No. 43109

Impact of Tantra on Religion and Art/T.N. Mishra. Reprint. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2004,184 p., ills., $31. ISBN 81-246-0073-2.  Details No. 37639

Introduction to Tantra Sastra/A. Avalon. Delhi, Shivalik Prakashan, 2005, v, 158 p., $20. ISBN 81-88808-15-6.  Details No. 42380

Introduction to Tantra/edited by Gaurinath Sastri. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2001, 2 Vols, 611 p., $61 (set). ISBN 81-7755-160-4. Details No. 22352

Jnana Sankalini Tantra/Paramahamsa Prajnanananda. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2006, xii, 236 p., tables, $12 (pbk). ISBN 81-208-3142-X.  Details No. 49160

Kalivilasa Tantra/edited by Parvati Charna Tarkatirtha. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2004, vi, 100 p., $39. ISBN 81-7755-730-0.  Details No. 37999

Kashmir Saivism : The Central Philosophy of Tantrism/Kamalakar Mishra. 1999, xix, 473 p., $30. ISBN 81-7030-632-9. Details No. 14565

Kularnava Tantra. Introduction by Arthur Avalon. Readings by M.P. Pandit. Sanskrit text by Taranatha Vidyaratna. Reprint. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, xx, 358 p., $13. ISBN 81-208-0973-4. Details No. 27116

Mahanirvana Tantra : Tantrik Texts, Vol. XIII/edited by Arthur Avalon. Reprint. New Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2004, xxv, 473 p., $30 (Vol. XIII). ISBN 81-208-0541-0.  Details No. 39846

Mahanirvana Tantra (Text in Sanskrit)/Arthur Avalon. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2005, xxvii, 473 p., $36. ISBN 81-7755-734-3.  Details No. 41228

Man as Microcosm in Tantric Hinduism/Grace E. Cairns. Reprint. New Delhi, Manohar, 2005, vi, 150 p., ills., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-7304-657-3.   Details No. 43097

Mudras in Japan/Lokesh Chandra and Sharada Rani. Reprint. New Delhi, Vedams, 2001, 302 p., line drawings, $44. ISBN 81-7936-000-8. Details No. 21112

Once in a Blue Moon : A Tantra Tale/Meena Devayani Nanda. New Delhi, Lotus Press, 2006, 148 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-8382-083-2. Details No. 49800

Passionate Enlightenment : Women in Tantric Buddhism/Miranda Shaw. Reprint. 1998, xiii, 291 p., plates, $28. Details No. 13163

Principles of Tantra : The Tantratattva of Sriyukta Siva Candra Vidyarnava Bhattacarya Mahodaya/edited by Arthur Avalon. Reprint. Delhi, Shivalik Prakashan, 2006, 2 vols., 788 p., $60 (set). ISBN 81-87418-52-4. Details No. 46483

Religious Tantricism/Rajnath Singh. New Delhi, Dominant, 2001, 3 Vols., 962 p., $121 (set). ISBN 81-7888-011-3. Details No. 21718

Religious Therapeutics : Body and Health in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra/Gregory P. Fields. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2002, viii, 222 p., figs, tables, $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-208-1875-X. Details No. 28631

Sarada-Tilaka Tantram/English Translated by A Board of Scholars. Reprint. Delhi, Satguru, 2002, x, 284 p., $17. ISBN 81-7030-175-0. Details No. 23897

The Secret of Self-Transformation : A Synthesis of Tantra and Yoga/Rohit Mehta. Reprint. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, viii, 174 p., $11. ISBN 81-208-0402-3. Details No. 27062

The Serpent Power : Being the Sat-Cakra-Nirupana and Paduka-Pancaka : Two Works on Laya-Yoga, Translated from the Sanskrit, with Introduction and Commentary/A. Avalon. Reprint. Delhi, Shivalik, 2005, xii, 511 p., plates, $50. ISBN 81-88808-14-8.  Details No. 42378

Sharadatilakatantram/edited by Arthur Avalon. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2004, 2 vols., xiv, 918 p., $99. ISBN 81-7755-973-7.  Details No. 38465

Siva Samhita : The Esoteric Philosophy of the Tantras/Srischandra Basu. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2004, lxx, 60 p., $33. ISBN 81-7755-905-2.  Details No. 39966

Some Tantric Esotericism of Orissa/Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo. Kolkata, R.N. Bhattacharya, 2003, xvi, 422 p., ills., $44. ISBN 81-87661-30-5. [Orissa Historical Series, No. 9] Details No. 33883

Srividya-Kosa/S.K. Ramachandra Rao. Reprint. Delhi, Sri Satguru Pub., 2005, v, 399 p., $35. ISBN 81-7030-832-1.  Details No. 40582

Studies in Vaisnavism and Tantricism (Revised and Enlarged Edition)/M.N. Sircar. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2000, xiii, 173 p., figs., $22. ISBN 81-86050-54-X. Details No. 17858   

Tantrabhidhana : A Tantric Lexicon/N.N. Bhattacharyya. New Delhi, Manohar, 2002, xi, 196 p., $33. ISBN 81-7304-439-2. Details No. 26985

Tantra : Hedonism in Indian Culture/Prem Saran. Reprint. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2006, xii, 100 p., figs., $15. ISBN 81-246-0097-X. Details No. 46213

The Tantra : Its Origin, Theories, Art and Diffusion From India to Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan and Indonesia/Victor M. Fic. New Delhi, Abhinav, 2003, 108 p., plates, maps, $55. ISBN 81-7017-424-4.  Details No. 31230

Tantra - Mantra - Yantra in Dance : An Exposition of Kathaka/Ranjana Srivastava. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2004, xx, 140 p., plates, $42. ISBN 81-246-0268-9.  Details No. 37579

Tantraraja Tantra/edited by Mahamahopadhyaya Lakshmana Shastri. English summary by Arthur Avalon. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2005, 2 vols, 876 p., $50 (set). ISBN 81-7755-970-2.  Details No. 41200

Tantra : Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion/Hugh B. Urban. New Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2007, xvi, 372 p., ills., $20 (pbk). ISBN 81-208-2932-8. Details No. 50127

Tantra : The Supreme Understanding: Discourses on the Tantric Way of Tilopa’s Song of Mahamudra/Osho. Delhi, Full Circle, 2002, viii, 272 p., $11. ISBN 81-216-0695-0. Details No. 25318 

Tantra Vidya : Based on Archaic Astronomy and Tantric Yoga/Oscar Marcel Hinze. Translation from the Original German by V.M. Bedekar. Reprint. Delhi, Motilal, 2002, viii, 116 p., illus., $11. ISBN 81-208-0560-7. Details No. 27055

Tantras : Their Philosophy and Occult Secrets/edited by D.N. Bose. 1996, 146 p., $13. Details No. 11214

Tantra and Popular Religion in Tibet/edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Hamish Gregor and Elisabeth Stutchbury. 1994, 204 p., $20. Details No. 9140

Tantra and Religion/Savitri Vashist. Jaipur, Sublime, 2002, viii, 289 p., $36. ISBN 81-85809-95-X.  Details No. 28284

Tantra and Sakta Art of Orissa/Thomas Eugene Donaldson. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2002, 3 Vols., xxxxiii, 1398 p., maps, figs., coloured ills., $286 (set). ISBN 81-246-0196-8. Details No. 24580

Tantra : In Practice/edited by David Gordon White. Reprint. First Published in 2000, U.K. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2001, xviii, 640 p., $28. ISBN 81-208-1778-8. Details No. 21768

The Tantra of Svayambhu Vidyapada : With the Commentary of Sadyojyoti/edited by Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1994, xxxviii, 144 p., $30. ISBN 81-208-1125-9. [Kalamulasastra series-13].  Details No. 56183

Tantra without Tears/Christopher S. Hyatt and S. Jason Black. Edited by Nicholas Tharcher. Reprint. First published in 1999. New Delhi, New Age Books, 2001, 160 p., $11. ISBN 81-7822-027-X. Details No. 21515

Tantrayana Art : An Album: With Introduction and Notes/S.K. Saraswati. Reprint. Kolkata, The Asiatic Society, 2003, cxiv, 134 p., 273 plates, $55. ISBN 81-7236-136-X.  Details No. 32399

Tantric Art of Orissa/Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo. Delhi, Kalpaz, 2001, 238 p., $28. ISBN 81-7835-041-6. Details No. 22945

Tantric Buddhism : An Obscure Aspect of the Cultural Heritage of India with Special Reference to Orissa/Surendra Kumar Moharana. New Delhi, Aryan, 2001, xviii, 209 p., 73 halftone illustrations, $66. ISBN 81-7305-191-7.Details  No. 18303

Tantric Buddhism : Centennial Tribute to Dr. Benoytosh Bhattacharyya/edited by N.N. Bhattacharyya. Reprint. New Delhi, Manohar, 2005, 328 p., $20 (pbk). ISBN 81-7304-649-2.  Details No. 43078

Tantric Healing in the Kathmandu Valley : A Comparative Study of Hindu and Buddhist Spiritual Healing Traditions in Urban Nepalese Society/Angela Dietrich. Delhi, Book Faith India, 1998, 270 p., $20. ISBN 81-7303-177-0.   Details No. 25703  

Tantric Hedonism of Mahanadi Valley (Uddiyana Pitha)/Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2004, xviii, 290 p., plates, figs., $55. ISBN 81-246-0269-7.  Details No. 37637

The Tantrik Practices in Sri-Vidya/S.K. Ramachandra Rao. Reprint. New Delhi, Sri Satguru, 2005, v, 221 p., $17 (pbk). ISBN 81-7030-836-4.  Details No. 42832

Tantric Revisionings : New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion/Geoffrey Samuel. New Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2005, x, 384 p., $28. ISBN 81-208-2752-X.  Details No. 41677

A Tantric Scholar and the British Wrath on Bastar State : Historical Documentation Relating to Rajkumar Prafulla Chandra Bhanja Deo and Swami Nigamananda Saraswati/edited by Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo. Kolkata, Punthi Pustak, 2007, x, 254 p., ills., $33. ISBN 81-86791-66-3.  Details No. 50579

Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine : The Ten Mahavidyas/David Kinsley. Reprint. 1998, 318 p., illustrations, $18. ISBN 81-208-1522-X. Details No. 14002

Tantrik Texts/edited by Arthur Avalon. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2003, 13 Volumes, $385 (set). ISBN 81-7755-725-4. Details No. 33128

Tantrism in Nepal/Vidya Bahadur Bajracharya. New Delhi, Adroit Pub., 2005, 173 p., $15. ISBN 81-87392-62-2.  Details No. 39839

A Text Book of Agada Tantra : Illustrated/U.R. Sekhar Namburi. Varanasi, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Bhawan, 2006, xvi, 326 p., figs., $15 (pbk). ISBN 81-86937-78-1.  Details No. 52531

Text Book on Agada Tantra/Ashwinkumar S. Bharati. Varanasi, Chaukhambha Orientalia, 2007, xxiv, 190 p., tables, $11 (pbk). Details No. 55042  

A Text Book on Salya Tantra/Rajneesh V. Giri. Varanasi, Chaukhambha Orientalia, 2007, xii, 260 p., $15 (pbk). Details No. 55037

Therapeutic Tantra : The Power of Physical, Psychological and Spiritual Healing/Sadhu Santideva. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2001, vii, 319 p., $47. ISBN 81-7755-159-0. Details No. 22411

Tibetan Mahayoga Tantra : An Ethno-Historical Study of Skulls, Bones and Relics/Andrea Loseries-Leick. Delhi, B.R. Publishing, 2008, xxviii, 258 p., figs., $70. ISBN 81-7646-642-5.  Details No. 54609

The Tibetan Tantric Vision/Krishna Ghosh Della Santina. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2003, xii, 328 p., illus., $72. ISBN 81-246-0227-1. [Emerging Perceptions in Buddhist Studies, no. 16]   Details No. 31894

The Triadic Heart of Siva : Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta in the Non-Dual Shaivism of Kashmir/Paul Eduardo Muller-Ortega. Reprint. 1997, xii, 330 p., $30. Details No. 12139

Tsongkapa : Preparing for Tantra : The Mountain of Blessings/translated by Khen Rinpoche, Geshe Lobsang Tharchin with Michael Roach. With a commentary by Pabongka Rinpoche. Reprint. Delhi, Classics India, 1998, 172 p., $11. ISBN 81-85132-17-8. Details No. 27050

Umapati's Commentary on the Pauskaratantra, Chapter 7. Pramana/translated by Usha Colas-Chauhan. Delhi, Sri Satguru Pub., 2007, viii, 300 p., $28. ISBN 81-7030-857-7.  Details No. 48848

The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature : A Commentary on The Uttara Tantra Sastra of Asanga/Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Abbot. Translated by Ken and Katia Holmes. Reprint. 1994, vii, 200 p., $11. ISBN 81-7030-401-6. Details No. 14621

Vedic Tantrism : A Study of Rgvidhana of Saunaka with Text and Translation/M.S. Bhat. Reprint. Delhi, Motilal, 1998, viii, 437 p., $22. ISBN 81-208-0197-0. Details No. 27066

The Worship of Mahaganapati : According to the Nityotsava/Gudrun Buhnemann. Delhi, Kant Publications, 2003, xl, 156 p., plates, $61. ISBN 81-86218-12-2. Details No. 32882

Yoga-Tantra and Sensuousness in Art/T.N. Mishra. New Delhi, D.K. Printworld, 2003, xii, 136 p., ills., plates.$33. Details No. 31887