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The Roots of Tantra
Among the many spiritual traditions born and developed in India, Tantra has been the most difficult to define. Almost everything about it—its major characteristics, its sources, its relationships to other religions, even its practices—are debated among scholars. In addition, Tantrism is not confined to any particular religion, but is a set of beliefs and practices that appears in a variety of religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism. This book explores one of the most controversial aspects of Tantra, its sources or roots, specifically in regard to Hinduism. The essays focus on the history and development of Tantra, the art history and archaeology of Tantra, the Vedas and Tantra, and texts and Tantra. Using various disciplinary and methodological approaches, from history to art history and religious studies to textual studies, scholars provide both broad overviews of the beginnings of Tantra and detailed analyses of specific texts, authors, art works, and rituals.
Ritual in an Oscillating Universe
Saiva liturgy is performed in a world that oscillates: a world permeated by the presence of Siva, where humans live in a condition of bondage and where the highest aim of the soul is to attain liberation from its fetters. In this account of Indian temple ritual, Richard Davis uses medieval Hindu texts to describe the world as it is envisioned by Saiva siddhanta and the way daily worship reflects and acts within that world. He argues that this worship is not simply a set of ritualized gestures, but rather a daily catechism in which the worshiper puts into action all the major themes of Saiva philosophy: the cyclic pattern of cosmic emission and reabsorption, the human path of attaining libera...
Somasambhupaddhati
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Dictionary of technical terms from Hindu tantric literature
This book is the second volume of a dictionary of technical terms from Hindu tantric literature which are not mentioned in the usual Sanskrit dictionaries.
Somasambhupaddhati
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Dictionary of technical terms from Hindu tantric literature
This book is the first volume of a dictionary of technical terms from Hindu tantric literature, which either are not found or whose technical meanings or uses are not mentioned in the usual Sanskrit dictionaries. It presents translations of the Sanskrit terms into French, English and German, explanations of their meaning and usage in one of these three languages, and references from saiva and vaisnava texts. Apart from the editors the authors are C. Bouy, G. Colas, M. Czerniak-Drozdzowicz, G. Flood, T. Goudriaan, Sylvia Raghunathan-Stark, M. Rastelli, and R. Torella. This volume contains a detailed introduction in French and 557 entries on words beginning with the vowels (a to au) of the Sanskrit alphabet. Three or four further volumes are planned.
