A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture: Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - Critical Edition
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edition and translation -- References -- Index
| Autres titres: | Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja |
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| Auteur principal: | |
| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2019]
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| Dans: |
Beyond boundaries (3)
Année: 2019 |
| Collection/Revue: | Beyond boundaries
3 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Littérature bouddhiste
/ Rite
/ Vidyâdhara
/ Dharani
/ Écriture
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Indology
B Rain-making rites (Nepal) Early works to 1800 B Incantation B Buddhism / RELIGION / History B Buddhism Customs and practices Early works to 1800 B Weather control Religious aspects B Nepal B Sanskrit |
| Accès en ligne: |
Contenu Cover (Verlag) Cover (Verlag) Cover (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (Libre accès) Volltext (Libre accès) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Erscheint auch als: 9783110620498 |
| Résumé: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edition and translation -- References -- Index This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings are held responsible for the amount of rainfall. The six chapters of the Vajratundasamayakalparaja present the vidyadhara spell-master as a ritualist who uses mandalas, mudras and other techniques to gain mastery over the Nagas and thus control the rains. By subjugating the Nagas, favourable weather and good crops are guaranteed. This links this incantation tradition to economic power and the securing of worldly support for the Buddhist community |
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| Description: | Open Access unrestricted online access star |
| Type de support: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 3110621053 |
| Accès: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110621051 |