Looking for a work I can use. Any help appreciated.

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I'm writing a thesis on kundalini, and I need to find a

translated tantra (or another work) to focus on. I know there are

several good translations, such as the non-dualistic Saivite works

Padoux' relies on in his book 'Vac', and the translated Sat-

chakra-nirupana and Panduka-panchaka texts, explained in

Woodroffes 'The Serpent Power'. Also, the Sarada-tilaka-tantram

is much used in 'The Serpent Power'. I feel that these works

have been worked with so much already, but I suppose that's the case

with all texts translated fully into english.

 

I've come across some articles on the internet, written by a Dr.

David Frawley at the American Institute of Vedic Studies, based on

the works of Sri Ramanasramam. I don't know if this man is an

indologist, or if he's more of a religious man writing with an

agenda. Anyway, these articles are particularily interesting for me,

since they deal with the interpretation of the Vedic gods, and their

relation to the awakening of the kundalini energy in man. I

haven't bought any litterature written by Frawley yet, but will do

so, and see if he provides any interesting references. If his

interpretations are correct, or rather respected, it proves that the

Vedic gods represent energies in man, and in fact revolves around the

awakening of kundalini. I haven't seen or read this

interpretation anywhere else, not in works by indologists or well

known academics.

 

What I'm really looking for is a Sakta-tantric (or a Saiva) work,

translated into english, with commentaries. Preferably something

where the commentaries contain references to, and tantric

interpretations of the Vedas, like the ones by Frawley. It would have

to be a text with a good translation by a serious scholar.

 

Any help and recommendations are welcome.

Thanks in advance,

 

Fred M.

UiO.

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