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Songs of Ecstasy: Tantric and Devotional Songs from Colonial Bengal Urban, Hugh B. (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University)
Songs of Ecstasy: Tantric and Devotional Songs from Colonial Bengal
Urban, Hugh B. (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University)
This title offers an English translation of a body of highly esoteric, mystical poetry and songs associated with the Khartabhajas - a Bengali sect devoted to Tantrism, an Indian religious movement that employs deliberately shocking sexual language and rituals.
208 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 22, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195139013 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 200 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 228 × 13 mm · 317 g |
| Language | English |