Tantrik Texts

The remaining 8 Volumes in the Series are being released now. 13 Volumes have already been published. VOLUMES BEING RELEASED NOW ARE —xiv) Brahmasamhita. xv) Cidgagana-Candrika. xvi) Kamakalavilasa. xvii) Kaula and Other Upanishads. xviii) Kaulavali-Nirnayah of JnananandaParamaham. xix) Sataratna Samgraha, with Sataratnollekhani. xx) Shrichakrasambhara Tantra. xxi) Tara-Bhakti-Sudharnava.

“REVIEWS:

“For the serious student of Comparative Religion, Tantra is a mine of information”.—The Quest.

“Tantrik literature has been neglected by Sanskrit scholars as well as students by Comparative Religion … Mr. Arthur Avalon has devoted himself to the study of these obscure writings with an enthusiasm worthy, some would think, of other Sanskrit writings as yet untranslated. One may join in his hope that much of the prejudice against them will disappear when the Tantras are read in their entirety.”—The Times of India.

“The Tantra Shàstra is the source of some of the most fundamental concepts as regards worship”.—Madras Mail.

“The Tantras embrace every phase of human life and there is hardly a branch of learning which is not covered by them.”—The Bengalee.

“Mr. Arthur Avalon has rendered an unique service to humanity generally and the Indian people, in particular, in editing the Tantrik Texts series and in translating some thought-provoking works on Tantra”.—The Kalpaka.

“Students of Hinduism will be thankful to Mr. Arthur Avalon for this new contribution to the study of Tantrik Philosophy culture”.—Hindu Review.

“The author has indirectly shown that taking its philosophical aspect into consideration, it can attain a very high level and compare favourably with, or even excel, the doctrines of Sànkhya or Màyàvàda”.—Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society.

“One cannot do enough homage to the magnificent series of publications which an English savant under the pseudonym of Arthur Avalon has brought into being—a Pleiades of Tantrik works, texts and translations. One of the most inaccessible schools of Indian speculation has thus, thanks to him, been fruitfully explored”.—Revue Philosophique. (Paris.)

“Though me, the Royal Academy of Italy expresses its most heartfelt thanks to you for your act of generosity which will no doubt both increase our interest for Indian culture and render more strong the cultural intercourse between Italy and India”.—President of the Royal Academy of Italy.

“Sir John Woodroffe—that rare thing—an Englishman who is really interested in the doctrines of India and has published numerous works on one aspect of such doctrine which is unknown to the European public”—Revue de Philosophie. (R. Guenon).

“The appearance of Arthur Avalon as an expounder and defender of the Tantras is a momentous event in the history of Sanskrit Research”.—Prabuddha Bharata.
“The field of ancient Indian literature has been enriched by this praiseworthy edition of an important Tantric text, and both the interested public and the Agamanusandhana Samiti can be congratulated for this finely got-up book Glory of the spiritual Sadhana of India”.—Dr. Sunìti Kumar Chaterji in The Calcutta Review.
“The merit of Mr. Avalon’s timely publication has become widely known by this time in India and outside. Nobody can deny that his works have dispelled a mass of gloom that was hitherto enshrouding the Tantrik lore in the minds of the outside world and Scholars have come to realize now, that the religious history of the land is not understood if proper study be not made of the Tantrik Literature … Tantra embrace this Power of Nature, i.e. Nature Herself with a conscious soul and thus transfigures the whole life and creation as a manifestation of a living Power, selfconscious and selfsufficient”. — Vedanta Kesari (Madras)

“Arthur Avalon has by his learned edition of Tantrik Text in both Sanskrit and English, indeed rendered an eminent service to the cause of Sanskrit literature”. —The Calutta Review.

“Most meritorious production. From what has been said it is clear that Avalon is right, where he declares that up to now this literature has been too often judged and more often condemned without knowing it and that the Tantras deserve to become better known than has been the case hitherto.”—Dr. Winternitz in Ostasiatische Zeitschrift.