Tantric forms of Gaṇeśa according to the Vidyārṇavatantra

Author(s)

• Bühnemann, Gudrun

Bibliographic Information

Tantric forms of Gaṇeśa according to the Vidyārṇavatantra

by Gudrun Bühnemann

D.K. Printworld, 2008

Other Title

Tantric form of Gaṇeśa

Note

Includes passages in Sanskrit (Sanskrit in roman)

"Reissue of author's book "Forms of Ganesa; a study based on the Vidyarnavatantra", published in 1989 by the Institut für Indologie, Eichtrach, Switzerland."-- Foreword

Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-119) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book contributes to our knowledge of this less familiar side of Ganesa. It describes his forms according to the Vidyarnavatantra, a large compilation on Mantrastra attributed to Vidyaranya.

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Details

• NCID: BB02056426
• ISBN:
  • 9788124604533
• LCCN: 2008324101
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engsan
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 144 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL1225.G342
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) -- Cult
  • LCSH : Tantras. Vidyārṇavatantra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • LCSH : Tantrism -- Rituals
  • LCSH : Worship (Hinduism)