History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.45

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¹⁶⁸⁷ The following works will convey some idea of Śākta doctrines and practices R. G. Bhandarkars's 'Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism &c.' (in Collected Works, Vol IV pp 203-210); 'Śakti and Śākta' by Sir John Woodroffe (1920), 'Serpent Power' by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe), 'the Śāktas' by E A. Payne (Oxford University Press, 1933) 'Śakti or divine power' by Dr. Sudhendu Kumar Das (Calcutta University, 1945); 'Doctrine of Śakti in Indian Literature' by Dr P. C Chakravarti (1940). Vide Prof. Bagchi's 'Studies in the Tantras' pp 1-3 for the introduction of four Tāntrik texts in Kambuja (Cambodia) about 800 A D. named 'Śiraścheda, Vināśikha, Sammoha and Nayottara and 'Inscriptions from Kambuja' by Dr R C Majumdar (Calcutta, 1953) pp. 362, 373-374 and JRAS for 1950 pp. 163-65 for relics of Śāktism in Moslem Malaya.