Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of Śrividyā Śākta Tantrism in South IndiaSUNY Press, 01.10.1992 - 301 Seiten Rooting itself in Kashmir Shaivism, Śrividyā became a force in South India no later than the seventh century, and eventually supplanted the Trika as the dominant Tantric tradition in Kashmir. This is the first comprehensive study of the texts and traditions of this influential school of goddess-centered, Śākta, Tantrism. Centering on the goddess's three manifestations—the beneficent deity Lalita Tripurasundari, her mantra, and the visually striking sricakra—Śrividyā creates a systematic esoteric discipline that combines elements of the yogas of knowledge, of devotion, and of ritual. Utilizing canonical works, historical commentaires, and the interpretive insights of living practitioners, this book explores the theological and ritual theories that form the basis for Śrividyā practice and offers new methods for critical and comparative studies of esoteric Hinduism. |
Inhalt
IX | 11 |
X | 16 |
XI | 18 |
XII | 29 |
XIII | 37 |
XIV | 38 |
XV | 43 |
XVI | 50 |
XXX | 103 |
XXXI | 104 |
XXXII | 107 |
XXXIII | 108 |
XXXIV | 111 |
XXXV | 115 |
XXXVI | 121 |
XXXVII | 123 |
XVII | 56 |
XVIII | 59 |
XIX | 60 |
XXI | 71 |
XXII | 74 |
XXIII | 81 |
XXIV | 82 |
XXV | 86 |
XXVI | 89 |
XXVII | 90 |
XXVIII | 92 |
XXIX | 97 |
XXXVIII | 147 |
XXXIX | 149 |
XL | 151 |
XLI | 162 |
XLII | 166 |
XLIII | 167 |
XLIV | 173 |
XLV | 183 |
XLVI | 189 |
XLVII | 201 |
XLVIII | 257 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abhinavagupta Adyar Amṛtānanda aspect attributed auspiciousness Bhaskararāya bindu Brahman cakra Calcutta canon claim commentary contemporary adepts contemporary south creates creation deities Delhi distinction divine edition esoteric example fifteen syllable gayatri goddess guru hādi Hindu historical hrim HTSL identified ideology important Indian initiation interpretation Jayaratha kādi Kashmiri Kaula Khanna kula Lakṣmīdhara Lalita lineages Madras Madurai Mandali mantra meaning mudrās mundane nityās non-Tantric oral practice practitioners Rāmeśvara refers Religion religious rites ritual Śaiva Śākta Śakti Samaya Sankara Sanskrit Sastry Saundaryalahari says siddhis Śiva Śivānanda smärta sources south India spiritual śrauta Śrī śrīcakra Śrīkula Śrīvidyā Śrīvidyā adepts Śrīvidyā ritual structure sub-cakras symbolic Tamil Tantraloka Tantric Tantric ritual Tantric traditions Tantrism texts textual theological tion Tirumantiram Tirumular trikona Tripura Tripura Upaniṣadbhāṣya Tripurasundarī twice-born University Press Upanisad Vaidika Veda Vedic Vedic and Tantric Vedic ritual Vedic tradition verse vidyā worship yogic Yoginihṛdaya yoginis
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xix - Ritual is a means of performing the way things ought to be in conscious tension to the way things are in such a way that this ritualized perfection is recollected in the ordinary, uncontrolled, course of things.
Seite xvii - We seem to have an infallible paradigm of identity in the identity of a thing with itself. I feel like saying: "Here at any rate there can't be a variety of interpretations. If you are seeing a thing you are seeing identity too".
Seite xix - Indic sacrificial ritual: [The ritual] has nothing to say about the world, its concerns and conflicts. It proposes, on the contrary, a separate, self-contained world ruled exclusively by the comprehensive and exhaustive order of the ritual.