Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

PART ONE The Saiva Agamas

Preliminary Remarks

The Saivagamas

Saivagama —Its Major and Secondary Divisions

The Pasupatas and Lakulisa

The Kapalikas

Other Tantras of the Vamasrotas

The Garuda and Bhuta Tantras

The Daksinatantras

The Pitha System of Classification

The Tantras of the Four Pithas

The Mantrapitha

The Vidyapitha

PART Two The Kaula Tantras

The Kulagama

The Mouth of the Yogini

The Amnaya Classification

The Amnayas of the Kaulatantras

The Amnaya Classification and the Four Amnayas According to the Cincinimatasarasamuccaya

Analysis

The Kaulatantras and Saivagama

The Pascimamnaya —The Cult of Kubjika

Kubjika, the 'Crooked One'

The Origins of the Kubjika Cult

PART THREE Appendices

Appendix A

A History of the Study of the Kubjika Cult

Appendix B

The Manthanabhairavatantra

Appendix C

The Canon of the Jayadrathayamala

The Pitha Division

The Mantrapitha

The Vidyapitha

The Mudrapitha

The Mandalapitha

The 'Eight Times Eight' Bhairavatantras

The Srotas Division

Conclusion

Appendix D

Manuscripts of the Kubjikatantras

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Mark S. G. Dyczkowski took his first degree at Banaras Hindu University and then his doctorate at Oxford University. He is presently associated with Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi.

Reviews

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