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===Works cited=== {{anchor|Published sources}} {{refbegin|2|indent=yes}} * {{Cite book |last=Avalon |first=Arthur |author-link=John Woodroffe |title=Tantra of the Great Liberation: Mahanirvana Tantra |publisher=Luzac & Co. |location=London |year=1913}} * {{Cite book |last=Avalon |first=Arthur |title=Principles of Tantra: the Tantratattva of Shriyukta Shiva Chandra Vidyarnava Bhattacharyya Mahodaya|publisher=Luzac & Co. |location=London |year=1914<!--to 1916-->}} * {{Cite book |last=Avalon |first=Arthur |year=1918 |url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/sas/index.htm |title=Sakti and Sakta. Essays and Addresses on the Tantra Shastra |publisher=Luzac and Co |location=London}} * {{Cite book |last=Bagchi |first=P. 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