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Index
Front Cover
The Khecarīvidyā of Ādinātha
Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Khecarīvidyā
The date and place of composition of the text
The witnesses of the text
The KhV manuscripts
The Matsyendrasamhitā manuscripts
Manuscript G
Manuscript R2
The Yogakundalyupanisad (U) and manuscript T
The Khecarīvidyā: part, whole or wholes?
Editorial policy
Language
Aiśa peculiarities in the text
Metre
The hathayogic khecarīmudrā
Forerunners of the hathayogic khecarīmudrā
The Pali canon
Early Sanskrit texts
Texts of tantric Śaivism
Khecarīmudrā in tantric texts
Why was the hathayogic practice called khecarīmudrā?
Khecarīmudrā in hathayogic texts
Khecarīmudrā in modern India
Practitioners of khecarīmudrā
Sources
Manuscript sources of the Khecarīvidyā
Testimonia
Manuscripts consulted but not collated
Manuscripts not consulted
Ethnographic sources
Conventions in the apparatus
Critical edition of the Khecarīvidyā
The Khecarīvidyā: an annotated translation
Appendices
A. KhV 3.5 5–69 in µ and G
Matsyendrasamhitā 16.98–17.1
MS G 259a–274b
B. Matsyendrasamhitā patalas 17, 18 and 27
Matsyendrasamhitā patala 17
Matsyendrasamhitā patala 18
Matsyendrasamhitā patala 27
C. Works cited in the Brhatkhecarīprakāśa
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Pāda index
Index
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