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Tables of Contents for Indian Esoteric Buddhism
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Maps and Illustrations
ix
 
Preface
xi
 
Acknowledgments
xv
 
Pronunciation and Orthographic Guide
xvii
 
Introduction: A Plethora of Premises
1
24
Habits of the Heart, Deductive Premises, and Buddhist Inhibitions
7
8
Petrarch's Method: Artes Historicae in the Renaissance
15
7
Tropes, Heuristics, and Other Dangerous Things
22
3
Prayers in the Palace, Swords in the Temple: Early Medieval India
25
50
The Occlusion of the Medieval
26
4
Early Medieval Political and Military Events
30
32
The Culture of Military Opportunism
62
12
Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship
68
3
Feudalization of Divinity
71
3
Conclusion: Early Medieval Vitality
74
1
The Medieval Buddhist Experience
75
38
Guilds, Commerce, and Political Legitimacy
77
6
Politics, Patronage, and Ethics---The Loss of Kuntala and Andhrapatha
83
8
Medieval Women's Buddhism---Hidden from View or Missing in Action?
91
8
A Loss of Footing: The Agenda of Skepticism
99
3
Looking Elsewhere for Direction: The Turn to Epistemology
102
3
Big Important Monasteries---Administrators in Maroon Robes
105
6
Conclusion: A Tradition Under Duress
111
2
The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor
113
56
Chronology: The Seventh---Century Beginning
116
2
Becoming the Rajadhiraja---The Central Mantrayana Metaphor
118
13
Mandalas and Fields of Plenty
131
13
Becoming the Institution
144
9
Monks and Their Rituals
153
7
Sacralization of the Domain
160
6
Conclusion: Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized Samanta Feudalism
166
3
Siddhas and the Religious Landscape
169
67
Some Siddha Social Models
171
2
First Moments in Siddha Identity
173
4
Saiva and Sakta Ascetic Orders
177
10
Marginal Siddha Topography
187
4
Religious Relations: The Agonistic Landscape
191
3
Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidyadharas
194
8
Chronological Concerns and Saiva Exchanges
202
4
Indian Sacred Geography
206
5
Siddha Divinities---Bhairava and Heruka
211
6
Kapalika-Buddhist Conversions
217
1
The Other Saivas: The Pasupatas
218
6
Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape
224
9
Conclusion: A Complex Terrain
233
3
Siddhas, Literature, and Language
236
57
Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha
237
2
The Hidden Scriptures
239
6
From Transmission to Reception
245
2
The Buddha's Talking Skull Excites Women, Kills Snakes, and Belches a Book
247
5
Everything You Know Is Wrong
252
5
The Magic Decoder: The Construct of Coded Language
257
5
Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words
262
7
Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics
269
8
Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras
277
13
Conclusion: The Literature of Perfection
290
3
Siddhas, Monks, and Communities
293
43
Siddha Mandalas, Circles of Goddesses
294
9
Siddhas in a Circle, Siddhas in a Line, Siddhas in a Mob
303
6
Hagiographical Communities: Buddhajnanapada's Travels
309
9
Gatherings and Ganacakras---The Ritual Community
318
4
Rules of Order
322
5
Self-Criticism and Correction
327
3
The Imperial Metaphor Reconsidered: Becoming the Vidyadhara-Cakravartin
330
4
Conclusion: It's a Siddha's Life
334
2
Conclusion: The Esoteric Conundrum
336
5
Appendix: Probable Pasupata Sites
341
4
Glossary
345
4
Notes
349
68
Abbreviations
417
2
Bibliography
419
46
Indic and Ostensibly Indic Tibetan Sources
419
15
Chinese Sources
434
1
Indigenous Tibetan Sources
435
3
Archaeological and Epigraphic Materials
438
6
General Modern Sources
444
21
Index
465