The Reader primarily contains translations of primary sources. It will include an introduction, with topics such as "What is a Tantra?", "Locating Scriptures: The Canon", "Interpretational Fallacies", and so on. The Sanskrit texts which will appear in the book, in the original and in translation, include parts of:
Pāśupata texts: Pañcārthabhāṣya
Vāmatantra texts: Tantrasadbhāvasāra, Umātilaka
Bhūtatantra texts: Kriyākālaguṇottara
Śaivasiddhānta texts: Niśvāsa, Sārdhatriśatikālottara, Pauṣkarapārameśvara, Svāyambhuvasūtrasangraha, Matangapārameśvara
Vidyāpīṭha Yoginītantra texts: Siddhayogeśvarīmata, Picumata, Tantrasadbhāva,
Kaulāmnāya texts: Kulasāra, Kulpañcāśikā, Ūrmikaulārṇava, Timirodghāṭana, Matsyendrasaṃhitā
Stotras (hymns): Cittasantoṣatriṃśikā
Exegesis: Tantrāloka, Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vivṛtivimarśinī, more
Installation ritual texts: Devyāmata, Pingalāmata
Ritual Manuals: Siddhāntasārapaddhati, Atyantavimalatattvaratnāvalī, Nityādisangrahapaddhati, Dehasthadevatācakrastotra
Hathayoga: TBA
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