The Alchemical Body :

Siddha Traditions in Medieval India
by David Gordon White

Hardcover
Published by University of Chicago Press
Publication date: January 1, 1997
ISBN: 0226894975

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Table of Contents

1. Indian Paths to Immortality

2. Categories of Indian Thought: The Universe by Numbers

3. The Prehistory of Tantric Alchemy

4. Sources for the History of Tantric Alchemy in India

5. Tantric and Siddha Alchemical Literature

6. Tantra in the Rasarnava

7. Corresponding Hierarchies: The Substance of the Alchemical Body

8. Homologous Structures of the Alchemical Body

9. The Dynamics of Transformation in Siddha Alchemy

10. Penetration, Perfection, and Immortality

Epilogue: The Siddha Legacy in Modern India

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