| | Foreword |
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | The extraction and examination of mantras: Mantroddhāra and mantravicāra |
| 3 | Japa |
| 4 | Nyāsa: The ritual placing of mantras |
| 5 | A Hindu rosary ritual: (Jayākhyasaṃhitā, chapter 14) |
| 6 | On the defects and the perfecting of mantras: Mantradoṣa and mantrasaṃskāra |
| 7 | Mantric practices and the nature of mantric utterance |
| 8 | Body and mantra: Mantras in the human body |
| 9 | The oral and the written: Mantra and mantraśāstra |
| | Notes |
| | Index of Sanskrit terms |
| | Authors and works cited |