Andre Padoux
CNRS (historical)
Theorist of Vac and mantra: levels of speech, japa, guru function. Our Padoux extracts (HTW ch.5/7, Guru) are the citable in-repo form.
Bio. CNRS/EFEO (1920-2017). Thesis Recherches (PICI 21, 1964) to Vac (SUNY 1990): the theorist of speech-energy, mantra, japa, guru-function our extracts encode.
CNRS (historical) · status: historical · dates: 1920-2017 — CNRS/EFEO; Recherches 1964 to Blackwell 2022
Recherches sur la symbolique et l’energie de la parole (PICI 21, 1964; thesis) 1964
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Used for: Root statement of Vac speech-energy doctrine
Vac (SUNY 1990) 1990
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Used for: Levels of speech, phonematic emanation, mantra (theory base in-repo as digest)
Paratrishikalaghuvrtti ed./trans (1975) 1975
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Used for: PT laghu witness
Mantras — What Are They? (Alper Mantra, 1989) 1989
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Used for: Japa doctrine gap (acquire for mantra scores)
The Tantric Guru (Tantra in Practice ch.1) 1998
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Used for: Grace/diksa lock (extract in-repo: PADOUX_GURU.md)
Hindu Tantric World ch.5+7 2017
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Used for: Body + word/mantra; japa subsections verbatim next (extract in-repo)
Mantra ch.27, Blackwell Companion 2nd ed. (2022, ed. Flood) 2022
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Used for: Short current mantra statement (acquire)
Tantrikabhidhanakosa I-III (w/ Brunner, Oberhammer; Rastelli/Goodall) 2000
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Used for: Terminology reference (BKGA 35/44/76)
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