The economics of ecstasy [electronic resource] : Tantra, secrecy, and power in colonial Bengal / Hugh B. Urban

Author: Urban, Hugh B., 1926-
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 286 pages)

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Summary

This is a study of the Bengali Kartabhaja sect and its place in the broader movement of Tantrism, an Indian religious movement employing purposely shocking sexual language and rituals.

Subject(s)

Kartābhajā

ISBN

9780199834778 (ebook)
0199834776 (ebook)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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