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Urban, Hugh B.
       Tantra : sex, secrecy, politics, and power in the
   study of religion / Hugh B. Urban.
             p. cm.
       Includes bibliographical references and index.
       ISBN 0-520-23062-0 (alk. paper).—
       ISBN 0-520-23656-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
       1. Tantrism. 2. Tantric Buddhism. I. Title.
  BL1283.84 u73 2003
  294.5’514—dc21            2002073270

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