IJTS vol. 5, no. 1 (March 30, 2001)

[Enrica Garzilli]

Dear Colleagues,

I am glad to announce vol. 5, no. 1 of the

>           *International Journal of Tantric Studies*.
>                           ISSN 1084-7553
> Copyright 1995-2001 Asiatica Association onlus. All rights reserved.

        http://www.asiatica.org/publications/ijts/vol5_no1/toc.asp

The journal started its publication in June 1995 and is one of the
oldest academic journals on the Web, the oldest in the Tantric field.
I am glad to announce that Roberto Donatoni (University of Turin) has
joined us in the editorial board. Other editors: Michael Witzel
(Managing Editor), Ludovico Magnocavallo (Technical Editor), Minoru
Hara, Karel van Kooji, David N. Lorenzen, Benjamin Preciado, Michael
Rabe, Debabrata Sensharma, Enrica Garzilli (Editor-in-chief:
garzilli at shore.net or garzilli at asiatica.org)

                       TABLE OF CONTENTS

- NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

- PAPER: *The Realm of the Divine: Three MaNDalas from the
NiSpannayogAvalI * by Terence M. Hays

- NEW TITLES:
Constantina R. Bailly, Douglas R. Brooks, Swami Durgananda, William H.
Mahony, Paul Muller-Ortega, S. P. Sabharathnam, *Meditation Revolution:
A History of Theology of the Siddha Yoga Lineage *, New York: Agama
Press, 1997. (EG)
Steven Sadleir, *Looking for God: A Seeker's Guide to Religious and
Spiritual Groups of the World *, 1st Perigee edition, New York: Penguin
Putnam Inc., 2000. (EG)
S. N. Sridhar and Nirmal K. Mattoo (eds.), *Ananya: A Portrait of
India*, New York: The Association of Indians in America, 1997. (EG)
Mario Piantelli, *ZaGkara e il KevalAdvaitavAda*, 2nd. rev. ed., Roma:
Azram VidyA, 1998.
VidyAraNya, *La liberazione in vita: jIvanmuktiviveka *, transl. by
Roberto Donatoni, Milano: Adelphi, 1995. (EG)

(p.s. The NEW TITLES page will be open for a few days)


                         ABSTRACT OF THE PAPER

* The Realm of the Divine: Three MaNDalas from the NiSpannayogAvalI * by
Terence M. Hays

The NiSpannayogAvalI was written by AbhayAkaragupta, a Buddhist monk who
lived in the 11th-12th century, and contains the descriptions of a
number of Tantric maNDalas. The paper, after offering a brief overview
of the historical setting of AbhayAkaragupta and his work, gives the
translation, based on Sanskrit texts and their Tibetan Peking edition,
of the depiction of three maNDalas, the "Five Guardian  maNDala" the
"NairAtmA maNDala", and the "Sambara maNDala".

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                              Happy
reading!
                                                                EG
--
Dr. Enrica Garzilli
University of Macerata, Italy
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Tantric Studies
Journ. of S. Asia Women Studies http://www.asiatica.org
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