This book on the Tripurarahasya, a South Indian Sanskrit work which occupies a unique place in the Sakta literature, is a study of the Srividya and Sakta traditions in the context of South Indian intellectual history in the late middle ages.Associated with the religious tradition known as AsrA vidyA and devoted to the cult of the Goddess TripurA , the text was probably composed between the 13th and the 16th century CE. The analysis of its narrative parts addresses questions about the relationships between Tantric and PurA a ic goddesses. The discussion of its philosophical and theological teachings tackles problems related to the relationships between SA kta and Asaiva traditions. The stylistic devices adopted by the author(s) of the work deal uniquely with doctrinal and ritual elements of the AsrA vidyA through the medium of a literary and poetic language. This stylistic peculiarity distinguishes the TripurA rahasya from many other Tantric texts, characterized by a more technical language.The book is intended for researchers in the field of Asian Studies, Indology, Philosophical, Theological or Religious Studies, Hindu Studies, Tantric Studies and South Asian Religion and Philosophy, in particular those interested in AsA kta and Asaiva philosophic-religious traditions.
