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Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions: Essays in Honour of Alexis G.J.S.
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Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions: Essays in Honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson Hardcover -

by Dominic Goodall (Volume Editor); Shaman Hatley (Volume Editor); Harunaga Isaacson (Volume Editor)


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  • Title Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions: Essays in Honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson
  • Author Dominic Goodall (Volume Editor); Shaman Hatley (Volume Editor); Harunaga Isaacson (Volume Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 632
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9789004432666 / 9004432663
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 3.81 cm)

About the author

Dominic Goodall studied under Alexis Sanderson at Oxford (doctorate 1996), joined the cole Franaise d'Extrme-Orient (2000), and is now head of its Pondicherry Centre. He has published editions and translations of ?aiva works, Sanskrit poetry and Cambodian inscriptions. He is joint-editor, with Marion Rastelli, of the Vienna dictionary of tantric terminology (T?ntrik?bhidh?nako?a).
Shaman Hatley studied under Harunaga Isaacson at the University of Pennsylvania (doctorate 2007), taught at Concordia University until 2015, and is now Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His research mainly concerns Tantric ?aivism, yoga, and medieval goddess cults, and his publications include The Brahmay?malatantra or Picumata, vol. I, (Pondicherry, 2018).
Harunaga Isaacson, PhD in Sanskrit (University of Leiden, 1995), was a post-doctoral research fellow at Oxford University (1995 to 2000), and held positions at Hamburg University (2000-2002) and the University of Pennsylvania (2002- 2006) before joining Hamburg University as Professor of Classical Indology in 2006. His main research areas are South Asian tantric traditions, especially Vajray?na Buddhism; classical Sanskrit poetry; Indian philosophy; Pur??ic literature; and manuscript studies.
Srilata Raman studied with Alexis Sanderson between the years 1986-1988, taking her M.Phil under his supervision at Oxford University. She is currently Associate Professor of Hinduism at the University of Toronto and specializes on the textual history of Tamil religion in both its Sanskrit and Tamil iterations, focusing on specific figures in both the ?r?vai??ava and Tamil ?aiva traditions between the 12-14th and the 18-19th centuries.