A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Collection of the Asiatic Society (Volume 1: Tantra Manuscripts ) - Couverture rigide

Bibekananda Banerjee And Satya Ranjan Banerjee

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9381574340 ISBN 13 : 9789381574348

Editeur : The Asiatic Society, 2016

Synopsis

Language: Sanskrit and English
Pages: 849

About The Book
The present volume is a compendium of tantric texts which deals with the vivid description of various subjects of tantric literature. Some works carry the information of different subjects of tantra cult. A lot of Manuscripts contains the philosophy of tantras, worship of different aspects of Sakti of divine mother, blackrites, all members of kaula sect of the
Saktas, medicines, science of sounds, history, anthropology, astronomy, yantras of deities etc. Few commentaries are also corroborated to this book which help us know the time of some little- known authors of ancient India.
As a whole this work will open a new horizon in the field of research of tantric Manuscripts as well as the unknown history of tantric literature.
About the Authors
Professor Dr Satya Ranjan Banerjee, M.A., Ph.D (Calcutta), Ph.D (Edinburgh), D. Litt. (Honoris Causa, R.B. University), Prakrta- Vidya-Manisa (JVBU) , FAS (Calcutta) is a doyen of Indological studies. He was a Research Fellow in the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, and got many honours and awards for his proficiency in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Linguistics and Jainism. He was awarded a certificate of honour by the honourable President of India for Prakrit and Pali. He was made Emeritus Professor of Prakrit by the Jaina Visva Bharati University. He was a Professor of Linguistics at the Calcutta University. On invitation he lectured at different Universities and Institutions. He is an octogenarian and is always at the favourite table even now.
Dr Bibekananda Banerjee did his MA in Sanskrit with Veda as the special group and then he obtained Acharya (MA) from the Rastriya Sanskrita Sansthan, New Delhi, with gold medal.
He started his career as a guest lecturer in Sanskrit. Side by side he succ

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Asiatic Society
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9381574340
• ISBN 13: 9789381574348
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible