Tantric Revisionings: New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion, by Geoffrey Samuel

Authors

  • Louise Child Cardiff University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v1i2.241

Keywords:

Tantric Buddhism

Abstract

Tantric Revisionings: New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion, by Geoffrey Samuel. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2005 x +393 pp., £60.00. ISBN 0-7546-5280-7 (hb).

Author Biography

  • Louise Child, Cardiff University

    Cardiff University

References

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—1993. Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Tambiah, S. J. 1976. World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

—1984. The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets: A Study in Charisma, Hagiography, Sectarianism and Millennial Buddhism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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2007-12-14

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How to Cite

Child, L. (2007). Tantric Revisionings: New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion, by Geoffrey Samuel. Religions of South Asia, 1(2), 241-243. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v1i2.241