Note on the Pronunciation and Transcription of Sanskrit
Preface
Introduction
Part I The Hindu Tantric Domain
1 The Hindu Tantric Field: Terminology and Attempts at Defining a Tantric Domain
2 Origins, History, Expansion
3 The Textual Material
4 Tantric Traditions: Fundamental Notions, Beliefs, and Speculations
Part II The Tantric World
5 The Tantric Body
6 Sex
7 The Tantric Word: Mantras
8 Tantric Ritual
9 The Spiritual Aspect
10 Tantric Places or Practices
Part III Tantra Today
11 Tantra in India
12 Tantra in the West
Notes
Glossary
Bibliographical References
Index