Richard K. Payne, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, California), is the author of Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan (2018), and co-editor of the xford Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2024), The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies (2024), and Homa Variations (2015). He is the founding Editor in Chief of The Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism.

• Acknowledgements and Préludes Chapter One: Recognizing Tantra When You See ItChapter Two: South Asia: From Vedic Ritual to the MahasiddhasChapter Three: East Asia: Instituting Tantra: Cult and PilgrimageChapter Four: Southeast Asia: State Formation and MonumentsChapter Five: Inner Asia: Decaying Corpses and Hungry GhoulsChapter Six: Networks: Travellers and PraxesChapter Seven: Closing Reflections: Tantra and Religious Studies BibliographyIndex

Richard K. Payne, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, California), is the author of Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan (2018), and co-editor of the xford Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2024), The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies (2024), and Homa Variations (2015). He is the founding Editor in Chief of The Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism.

• Acknowledgements and Préludes Chapter One: Recognizing Tantra When You See ItChapter Two: South Asia: From Vedic Ritual to the MahasiddhasChapter Three: East Asia: Instituting Tantra: Cult and PilgrimageChapter Four: Southeast Asia: State Formation and MonumentsChapter Five: Inner Asia: Decaying Corpses and Hungry GhoulsChapter Six: Networks: Travellers and PraxesChapter Seven: Closing Reflections: Tantra and Religious Studies BibliographyIndex

Richard K. Payne, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley, California), is the author of Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan (2018), and co-editor of the xford Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2024), The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies (2024), and Homa Variations (2015). He is the founding Editor in Chief of The Oxford Bibliographies in Buddhism.

• Acknowledgements and Préludes Chapter One: Recognizing Tantra When You See ItChapter Two: South Asia: From Vedic Ritual to the MahasiddhasChapter Three: East Asia: Instituting Tantra: Cult and PilgrimageChapter Four: Southeast Asia: State Formation and MonumentsChapter Five: Inner Asia: Decaying Corpses and Hungry GhoulsChapter Six: Networks: Travellers and PraxesChapter Seven: Closing Reflections: Tantra and Religious Studies BibliographyIndex