Tantra questions: bija mantras and Woodroffe's reputation today

[Joerg Gengnagel]

Dear Dean,

the following might be of interest:

Taylor, Kathleen. 1996. Arthur Avalon: The Creation of a Legendary  
Orientalist. In: Julia Leslie (ed.): Myth and Mythmaking, Surrey 1996,  
144-164.

A few other references to related articles:

Brunner, Hélène. 1986. Les membres de Śiva. In: Asiatische Studien 40,  
1: 89-132.
Hanneder, Jürgen 1998. Vedic and Tantric Mantras. In: Rivista degli  
studi Orientali. 71: 147-167.
Padoux, André. 1978: Contributions à l'étude du mantraśāstra I: La  
selection des mantra (mantroddhāra). In: BÉFEO 65: 65-85.
Padoux, André. 1980: Contributions à l'étude du mantraśāstra II:  
nyāsa: l' imposition rituelle des mantra. In: BÉFEO 67: 59-102.
Padoux, André. 1987: Contributions à l'étude du mantraśāstra III: le  
japa. In: BÉFEO 76: 117-164.
Padoux, André. 1994: Concerning Mantradoṣa. Some Light on the Nature  
of Mantras. In: Pandit N.R. Bhatt Felicitation Volume. P.-S.  
Filliozat, S.P. Narang, C.P. Bhatta (eds.), Delhi: Motilal  
Banarsidass: 499–510.


Best

Joerg