Sakti and Sakta: Essays and Addresses - Arthur Avalon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789391928117)

The essays contained in this book traverse new ground in the literature of religion, for they are the first attempts to give an authenticated understanding, from the Indian standpoint rather than the western, of the chief features of the doctrine and practice of those Indian worshippers, who are known as Saktas, or those who worship the Divine Power, or Mahasakti.

The Saktas are prominent all over India, but are largely predominant in Bengal and Assam. The Sakta Tantra is a Sadhana Sastra of monistic Vedanta and is considered by the author the most profound and powerful system, and its doctrine of Sakti, one of the greatest, evolved through spiritual intuition by the human mind, which, according to its teachings, is a manifestation of the Divine Consciousness itself. About the Author John George Woodroffe (1865-1936), also known by his nom de plume Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist, who published several works on the Tantras. He translated some twenty original Sanskrit texts on Tantra into English.

Author: John Woodroffe
ISBN-10: 9391928110
ISBN-13: 9789391928117
Publisher: Manohar Books
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2025
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover