Andre Padoux is professor emeritus in the research unit on Hinduism at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris and the author of a number of books on Tantra.
"The Hindu Tantric World presents a refreshingly critical,
balanced, and concise survey of the field. Doyen of Hindu Tantric
studies, Padoux translates the fruits of his decades of specialized
research into an elegant and useful guidebook that helpfully
situates these traditions within the broader fabric of South Asian
religious culture. Nowhere else can a general readership find such
an accessible and state-of-the-art treatment of the histories,
theories, and practices of Tantric Hinduism."-- "Christian K.
Wedemeyer, University of Chicago"
"For the past forty years, Padoux has been on the cutting edge of
Tantric studies worldwide. The Hindu Tantric World is quite simply
the most comprehensive and accessible overview of Hindu Tantra ever
written and the culmination of a lifetime of outstanding
achievement."-- "David Gordon White, University of California,
Santa Barbara"
"Padoux has long been recognized as one of the most important
scholars of Tantra in the world. He is universally recognized in
the field as one of the most reliable and erudite guides to this
complex, controversial, and often misrepresented tradition. In The
Hindu Tantric World, Padoux presents an accessible, clear, and
up-to-date introduction to the topic that demonstrates his mastery
of the primary materials and his decades of scholarship."-- "Hugh
Urban, Ohio State University"
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