Tantric teachings of the Kālikā Purāṇa
"At a lonely place, in a remote hermitage somewhere in the Himālaya, the god Śiva is teaching Tantric worship to his humiliated sons, who want to regain their divine status: "You should worship the goddess Mahāmāyā Kālikā". Remarkable are his 'talks' about preliminary ritual...
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| 格式: | Print 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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| In: |
Brill's Indological library (volume 54)
Year: 2022 |
| 叢編: | Brill's Indological library
volume 54 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kālikā-purāṇa
/ 沙克達教
/ 宗教儀式
/ Kentish, Oliver 1954-, Quartette (2016)
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| Further subjects: | B
Puranas. Kālikāpurāṇa
B Mahāmudrā (Tantric rite) B Hindu goddesses |
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| 總結: | "At a lonely place, in a remote hermitage somewhere in the Himālaya, the god Śiva is teaching Tantric worship to his humiliated sons, who want to regain their divine status: "You should worship the goddess Mahāmāyā Kālikā". Remarkable are his 'talks' about preliminary rituals, mudrās, and animal as well as human sacrifice. The Tantric Teachings form the inner core of the Kālikā Purāna, i.e. 'Old Stories about Kālikā', composed by a learned Brāhmin about a thousand years ago in Kāmarūpa (Assam). Careful listening to the text has been my first priority when presenting the relevant passages in text and translation"-- |
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| 實物描述: | XI, 304 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 90-04-47029-8 978-90-04-47029-3 |
