A History of Indian Philosophy (Vol.4) Sri Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai Agama & Tantra 417 A

Agama & Tantra 417   A Brief Note on Yantras and Mandalas 419   The Place of Yoga in the Saivagamas 425   Bhartrhari and Tantra 463   On Vamanadatta 481   Concerning Mantradosa: Some Light on the Nature of Mantras 499   On the Buddhayanagrhyaparistasutra and the Vaisnavagamas 511   Aspects of Initiation-Diksa with special reference to Pancaratragama 527   Bhutasuddhi (Elemental Purification) and Manasayaga (The Worship Within) - A Special Ritual Contribution of the Agamas 533   Tantra in Kerala 545   The Phetkarinitantra 551   Method of Implementing Matrkanyasa 555 VI

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A History of Indian Philosophy (Vol.4) Sri Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai Agama & Tantra 417 AThe work appears in five volumes. Vol. I comprises Buddhist and Jaina Philosophy and the six systems of Hindu thought, viz., Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. Vol. II completes studies in the Sankara school of Vedanta. It also contains the philosophy of the Yogavasistha, the Bhagavadgita and speculations in the medical schools. Vol. III contains an elaborate account of the principal dualistic and pluralistic systems such as the