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Five heads and no tale: Hanumān and the popularization of Tantra

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Lutgendorf, P. Five heads and no tale: Hanumān and the popularization of Tantra. Hindu Studies 5, 269–296 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-001-0003-3

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