LAKSMI TANTRA

Front Cover
Sanjukta Gupta
Brill Archive, Jan 1, 1972 - Religion - 398 pages
 

Contents

Introducing the sastra I
1
Introducing the śāstra I
2
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4
The pure creation
8
The three phenomenal guņas
15
Evolution of the material world from prakṛti
27
The six kośas of Sakti
36
The avatāras of Lakṣmi in the six sheaths
44
Tārikā in the three states of existence viz
177
Anga upanga and other mantras
184
The purification of the body Bhutaśuddhi
202
Description of the images and the process of
212
External sacrifice construction of the platform
227
External worship Further details with a descrip
238
Various requisites for external worship
248
The daily duties of an adept
254

The three types of Gods avatāras
54
The fivefold divine functions
64
The true nature of Śakti Lakṣmi
73
Various methods of attaining ultimate truth
79
The secret method of selfsurrender the fourth
88
Explanation of the mātṛkās
109
Description of Lakṣmis mantraform
119
The structure of tāraka with its parts and
127
Tārā and Anutārāmantras
135
The two aspects of Śakti viz Soma and Sūrya
163
The Sudarśana kriyāśakti
170
The initiation and abhiṣeka ceremonies
269
The rite of puraścaraṇa the ritual worship of
278
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281
Different methods of worshipping the mantra
286
Revealing the secret mantras of the Tārikā
297
Mode of worshipping the Lakṣmimantra
310
A brief summary of the Cosmogony
356
Bhutaśuddhi and Anganyāsa
363
Diagram I
393
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