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Yoga, Bhoga and Ardhanariswara: Individuality, Wellbeing and Gender in Tantra

Yoga, Bhoga and Ardhanariswara: Individuality, Wellbeing and Gender in Tantra

Saran, Prem

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BuddhismGeneral Gender StudiesHinduism

ISBN10: 1138571709
ISBN13: 9781138571709
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Nov 14 2017
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

This book offers a social-scientific interpretation of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions of Tantra dating back 15 centuries. It is a self-reflexive study approached with an insider's empathy and the perspective of an Indologist, anthropologist, mystic and practitioner of the cult.　

The work includes a discussion of non-modern Indic themes: mandala as a trope and its manifestations in South Asian regions such as Nepal; yoga and Indic individuality; the concept of bhoga; disciplined wellbeing; gender; and Indic axiology. Using personal praxis to inform his research, the author examines three core themes within Tantra - a 'holonic'/mandalic individuality that conduces to mystical experience; a positive valorisation of pleasure and play; and cultural attitudes of gender-mutuality and complementarity, as neatly encapsulated in the icon of Shiva as Ardhanariswara. This analysis, as captured by the Tantric mandalas of deities in intimate union, leads to his compelling metathesis that Tantra serves as a permanent counterculture within the Indic civilization. 　

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