The alchemical body: Siddha traditions in medieval India

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Author(s): David Gordon White
Edition: Paperback
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Year: 2007

Language: English
Commentary: More best quality

Copyright Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Note on Transliteration
Abbreviations
One: Indian Paths to Immortality
Two: Categories of Indian Thought: The Universe by Numbers
Three: The Prehistory of Tantric Alchemy
Four: Sources for the History of Tantric Alchemy in India
Five: Tantric and Siddha Alchemical Literature
Six: Tantra in the Rasārṇava
Seven: Corresponding Hierarchies: The Substance of the Alchemical Body
Eight: Homologous Structures of the Alchemical Body
Nine: The Dynamics of Transformation in Siddha Alchemy
Ten: Penetration, Perfection, and Immortality
Epilogue: The Siddha Legacy in Modern India
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index