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THE KALACAKRA TANTRA translation annotation and commentary volume II
Author: NIRAJ KUMAR
ISBN: 9788124613030
Binding: Hard Cover
Publishing Year: 2025
Publisher: D.K. PRINTWORLD (P) LTD.
Number of Pages: 323
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INR 2000.00
About Book
"The Kalacakra Tantra was the last major Tantric text composed before the decline of Buddhism in India. Over the course of its thousand-year journey, the book has left an indelible influence over different regions of Asia. Apart from the Vimalaprabha commentary composed during the mid-eleventh century, no verse-by-verse commentary is available to the general reader. Kumar has translated the entire 1,047 stanzas of the text written in Sragdhara metre. In addition, he has produced distinct volumes of fresh, in-depth commentary for each of the five chapters of the original Sanskrit text. The first volume was published in 2022. This second volume delves into the understanding of the inner Kalacakra. The internal mechanisms of winds, subtle veins and cakras have been explored with clarity. In Indic tradition, ha?ha-yoga has been propounded for the first time in this section of the Kalacakra Tantra. Likewise, it contains the first Indian critique of the tenets of Islamic philosophy. This volume also examines several methods to calibrate the biomechanics of pra?a-vayu to defer the impending death."
About Author
Niraj Kumar(1973- ) is the author of classic work on Asian Integration, "Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril"(January,2003). The sequel "Asia in Post-Western Age" has been published in 2014. He is an initiate in Ramakrishna Mission Order and disciple of Swami Ranganathanadaji Maharaj. He is intimately involved with the Himalayas, Buddhism and Tantra. Currently, he is Joint Secretary in the Government of India and resides in New Delhi.
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