Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Introduction Mapping a Religious Landscape -- Chapter 1 A Geographic Imaginary: the Skandapurāṇa, Lakulīśa, and the Localization of Tradition -- Chapter 2 At the Crossroads: Śaiva Religious Networks in Uparamāla -- Chapter 3 The Salt Lakes: Pāśupatas and Śaiva Centers in Jambumārga -- Chapter 4 The Sahya Mountain: Śiva Religion in the Port Polity of the North Konkan -- Chapter 5 Seeking the 'Lord with a Club': Encountering Lakulīśa in the Pāśupata Landscape -- Coda Temple, Community, and Heritage-Making -- Bibliography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hindu sectarianism: difference in unity -- "Just like Kālidāsa": the making of the Smārta-Śaiva community of South India -- Public philology: constructing sectarian identities in early modern South India -- The language games of Śaiva: mapping text and space in public religious culture -- Conclusion: a prehistory of Hindu pluralism…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; A Note on Transliteration; Part 1 Introduction: Poetry and Religion in the Songs of the Tamil Śaiva Saints; Part 2 An Anthology of Hymns from the Tēvāram ; Appendixes…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Throne of Knowledge: Aspects of the Cult of the Book in the Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava Tantric Traditions -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Table A: Structure of the Chapters on the Gift of Knowledge in the Sanskrit Law-Digests -- References -- Index of Authors / Index of Works…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Anti-Hagiography -- Part II: Re-creating Ramalinga Swamigal: 6. Śaiva Ferment -- 7. The Life and Times of Ñān̲iyār Āṭikaḷ (1873-1942) -- 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- On the Appearance of Siddhis in Chinese Buddhist Texts -- Supernatural Powers and Their Attainment in Jainism -- Power and Meaning in the Yogasutra of Patañjali -- Siddhis in the Yogasutra -- Holding On and Letting Go: The In and Out of Powers in Classical Yoga -- Powers and Identities: Yoga Powers and the Tantric Saiva Traditions -- Liberation and Immortality: Bhusunda's Yoga of Prana in the Yogavasistha -- Siddhi and Mahasiddhi in Early Hathayoga -- My Miracle Trumps Your Magic: Encounters with Yogis in Sufi and Bhakti Hagiograpical Literature -- Sai Baba of Sirdi and Yoga Powers -- Yogic Powers and the Ramananda Sampraday -- Yoga Powers in a Contemporary Samkhya-Yoga Tradition -- The Evolving Siddhi: Yoga and Tantra in the Human Potential Movement and Beyond…”
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“…The section devoted to the description of specific Śaiva yogic practices is of special interest inasmuch as it's brimming over with "technical details" rarely found elsewhere. …”

“…Combining close textual analysis with wider theoretical concerns, Cox traces this philological transformation in the works of the dramaturgist Śāradātanaya, the celebrated Vaiṣṇava poet-theologian Veṅkaṭanātha, and the maverick Śaiva mystic Maheśvarānanda…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Vāstupuruṣa -- Kandhar -- Curdi -- Final remark -- 23 Rama Devotion in a Śaiva Holy Place: The case of Vārāṇasī -- Introduction -- Tulsīdās, Śiva, and the Name -- The Agastyasaṃhitā -- The Tradition of the saving mantra -- The Kāśīkhaṇḍa -- The Skandapurāṇa -- Textual criticism -- The saving mantra in the Skandapurāṇa -- Avimukta -- Conclusion -- 24 The Hindu Religion and War -- Preamble -- Aśoka and ancient warfare in India -- The Arthaśāstra -- The principle of ahiṃsā and the rules of war -- Ahiṃsā -- The Bhagavadgītā -- The rules of war -- The reports of Megasthenes and Ibn Baṭṭūṭa -- The idea of a 'just war' -- The battle and the sacrifice -- Hinduism and Islam -- The conquest of northern India -- The case of Vārāṇasī -- Epilogue -- Part III: Studies in Early Saivism -- 25 Sources for Reconstructing Ancient Forms of Śiva Worship -- Śiva Caturmukha -- The myth of Tilottamā -- Images of Śiva in his quadruple form -- Epigraphic sources attesting the worship of Śiva -- Early Sanskrit sources of liṅga worship -- The Pāśupatasūtra and its commentary -- The Mahābhārata -- The Rāmāyaṇa -- Concluding observations -- The evidence of the Skandapurāṇa -- Conclusions -- Textual sources -- 26 At the Right Side of the Teacher: Imagination, imagery, and image in Vedic and Śaiva initiation -- Introduction -- The sitting position of teacher and pupil in the Vedic Upanayana ritual -- The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa -- The Gṛhyasūtras -- The sitting position of the preceptor and his audience -- The sitting position of guru and novice in arly Śaiva initiation ritual -- Initiation in the Pāśupata tradition -- The Dakṣiṇāmūrti -- The definition of god's figure of grace -- The Dakṣiṇāmūrti and iconography -- The development of a cult concept into an iconic image -- A Dakṣiṇāmūrti on a crossbar found in Nagarī -- Dakṣa's sacrifice and his instruction in the Pāśupata vrata…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Common Errors, Scribal Interventions, and the Transmission of the Śivadharma Corpus / Cultural Studies -- Vivid Images, Not Opaque Words / Umā and Śiva's Playful Talks in Detail (Lalitavistara): On the Production of Śaiva Works and their Manuscripts in Medieval Nepal / Subantaratnākara: An Unknown Text of Subhūticandra / The Cāndravyākaraṇapañjikā: An Important Tool for the Study of the Moggallānavuttivivaraṇapañcikā / Towards a Critical Edition of Śaṅkara's 'Longer' Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya: a Preliminary Report based on two Cambridge Manuscripts / List of Contributors -- Index of Persons…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tradition, Creativity, and Artistry: A Śaiva Perspective -- ‎Chapter 3. The Aesthetics of Dance -- ‎3.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Catechist Dynasties -- ‎3. Śaiva Neighbors and Rivals -- ‎4. Towards the Colonial Archive -- ‎5. …”

“…Each chapter of the book is then devoted to one of the principal forms of Śiva, and the concluding chapter attempts to outline the iconographical program of a Śaiva sanctuary...…”