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The Roots of Tantra

SUNY Series in Tantric Studies

Paul E. Muller-Ortega and

Douglas Renfew Brooks, editors

The Roots of Tantra

Edited by

Katherine Anne Harper

and Robert L. Brown

State University of New York Press

Published by

State University of New York Press, Albany

2002 State University of New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The roots of Tantra / edited by Katherine Anne Harper and Robert L. Brown.

p. cm.—(SUNY series in tantric studies)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7914-5305-7 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-7914-5306-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Tantrism—History. I. Harper, Katherine Anne. II. Brown, Robert L., 1944 Oct. 6–

III. Series.

BL1283.83 .R66 2002

294.5 ′ 514—dc21

2001054184

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