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The Power of Tantra: Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies

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Divinity Atlas. "The Power of Tantra: Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-power-of-tantra-religion-sexuality-and-the-politics-of-south-asian-studies.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Power of Tantra: Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-power-of-tantra-religion-sexuality-and-the-politics-of-south-asian-studies

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Power of Tantra: Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-power-of-tantra-religion-sexuality-and-the-politics-of-south-asian-studies},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
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Hugh Urban's The Power of Tantra, published by I.B. Tauris in 2010, is a scholarly study examining tantra, sexuality and the politics of how tantric traditions have been studied, represented and often sensationalized within South Asian studies itself. Urban is an established scholar of tantra and new religious movements. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed academic monograph engaging both the primary tantric material and the history of its scholarly and popular reception. Its limit is that its focus is substantially on the politics of representation and interpretation, so a claim needing a detailed doctrinal or ritual account of a specific tantric lineage needs a source addressing that tradition directly.

Facts

Citation

Author

Hugh B. Urban

Publisher

I.B. Tauris

Publication Year

2010

URL

https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/442199?ln=en

Source Type

Scholarly work

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Published by I.B. Tauris as Hugh B. Urban's peer reviewed scholarly monograph on tantra and its scholarly and popular reception, university-level academic scholarship from an established specialist.

Notes

Scholarly study of tantra, sexuality and the politics of South Asian studies.

Claims Backed By This Source (29 claims)

This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
Practices, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Holidays & Festivals, 3 claims: 2 holds, 1 general references.
Denominations, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.