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Maps and Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Pronunciation and Orthographic Guide 1 Introduction: A Plethora of Premises Habits of the Heart, Deductive Premises, and Buddhist Inhibitions Petrarch’s Method: Artes Historicae in the Renaissance Tropes, Heuristics, and Other Dangerous Things 2 Prayers in the Palace, Swords in the Temple: Early Medieval India The Occlusion of the Medieval Early Medieval Political and Military Events The Culture of Military Opportunism Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship Feudalization of Divinity Conclusion: Early Medieval Vitality 3 The Medieval Buddhist Experience Guilds, Commerce, and Political Legitimacy Politics, Patronage, and Ethics—The Loss of Kuntala and Andhr ā patha Medieval Women’s Buddhism—Hidden from View or Missing in Action? A Loss of Footing: The Agenda of Skepticism Looking Elsewhere for Direction: The Turn to Epistemology Big Important Monasteries—Administrators in Maroon Robes Conclusion: A Tradition Under Duress 4 The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor Chronology: The Seventh-Century Beginning Becoming the R ā j ā dhir ā ja—The Central Mantray ā na Metaphor Ma ṇ ḍ alas and Fields of Plenty Becoming the Institution Monks and Their Rituals Sacralization of the Domain Conclusion: Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized S ā manta Feudalism 5 Siddhas and the Religious Landscape Some Siddha Social Models First Moments in Siddha Identity Ś aiva and Ś ā kta Ascetic Orders Marginal Siddha Topography Religious Relations: The Agonistic Landscape Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidy ā dharas Chronological Concerns and Ś aiva Exchanges Indian Sacred Geography Siddha Divinities—Bhairava and Heruka K ā p ā lika-Buddhist Conversions The Other Ś aivas: The P ā ś upatas Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape Conclusion: A Complex Terrain 6 Siddhas, Literature, and Language Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha The Hidden Scriptures From Transmission to Reception The Buddha’s Talking Skull Excites Women, Kills Snakes, and Belches a Book Everything You Know Is Wrong The Magic Decoder: The Construct of Coded Language Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras Conclusion: The Literature of Perfection 7 Siddhas, Monks, and Communities Siddha Ma ṇ ḍ alas, Circles of Goddesses Siddhas in a Circle, Siddhas in a Line, Siddhas in a Mob Hagiographical Communities: Buddhaj ñ ā nap ā da’s Travels Gatherings and Ga ṇ acakras —The Ritual Community Rules of Order Self-Criticism and Correction The Imperial Metaphor Reconsidered: Becoming the Vidy ā dhara-Cakravartin Conclusion: It’s a Siddha’s Life 8 Conclusion: The Esoteric Conundrum Appendix: Probable P ā ś upata Sites Glossary Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Indic and Ostensibly Indic Tibetan Sources Chinese Sources Indigenous Tibetan Sources Archaeological and Epigraphic Materials General Modern Sources Index

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