The author, a retired professor of Presidency College, Calcutta, gives in broad outline a general overview of the subject with special reference to the literature and practices known in Bengal.

Chapters included are:  The Tantras - What They Stand for;  Antiquity of Tantrism; The Age and Authorship of the Tantras;  Place of the Tantras Among Other Sastras;  Ideals of the Tantra Rites;  How and Where the Tantras Originated; Tantra Schools; Literature of the Tantras; Tantric Authors and Their Works;  Tantric Form of Worship and Tantric Deities;  Kali Worship in Bengal;  Cult of Durga and Durga Worship in Bengal;  Appendix: Paramanandamatasamgraha.