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Mans Broo, "The Rādhā Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation" (Routledge, 2019)
Mans Broo, "The Rādhā Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation" (Routledge, 2019)
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Oct 7, 2021
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The Rādhā Tantra is an anonymous 17th-century tantric text from Bengal. Mans Broo's The Rādhā Tantra: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation (Routledge, 2019) offers a lively picture of the meeting of different religious traditions in 17th century Bengal, since it presents a Śākta version of the famous Vaiṣṇava story of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. This book presents a critically edited text of the Rādhā Tantra, based on manuscripts in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as an annotated translation It is prefaced by an introduction that situates the text in its social and historical context and discusses its significance.
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Released:
Oct 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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