Of gods and books : ritual and knowledge transmission in the manuscript cultures of premodern India / Florinda De Simini
(Studies in manuscript cultures ; ; volume 8,)
データ種別 | 電子ブック |
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出版者 | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter |
出版年 | [2016] |
本文言語 | 英語 |
大きさ | 1 online resource (xii, 478 pages) |
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資料種別 | 機械可読データファイル |
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一般注記 | India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing size and complexity. Nevertheless, many topics concerning the study of Indian manuscript cultures still remain to receive systematic examination. Of Gods and Books pays attention to one of these topics-- the use of manuscripts as ritualistic tools. Literary sources deal quite extensively with rituals principally focused on manuscripts, whose worship, donation and preservation are duly prescribed. Around these activities, a specific category of ritual gift is created, which finds attestations in pre-tantric, as well as in smarta and tantric, literature, and whose practice is also variously reflected in epigraphical documents. De Simini offers a first systematic study of the textual evidence on the topic of the worship and donation of knowledge. She gives account of possible implications for the relationships between religion and power. The book is indispensable for a deeper understanding of the cultural aspects of manuscript transmission in medieval India, and beyond Open Access Appendices includes Sanskrit text from Śivadharmottara with English translation Includes bibliographical references and indexes Print version record |
著者標目 | *De Simini, Florinda, |
件 名 | BSH:Electronic books FREE:Criticism, interpretation, etc FREE:History FREE:Sacred books LCSH:Hinduism -- Sacred books 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Hinduism -- Rituals -- History and criticism 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Tantric literature -- History and criticism 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- History 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Manuscripts, Kannada -- History 全ての件名で検索 FREE:Hinduism FREE:Hinduism -- Rituals 全ての件名で検索 FREE:Manuscripts, Kannada FREE:Manuscripts, Sanskrit FREE:Tantric literature FREE:Hinduismus FREE:Heilige Schrift FREE:Handschrift FREE:Heiliger Gegenstand FREE:Sanskrit FREE:Kannada FREE:Ritus |
分 類 | DC:[E] |
書誌ID | ED00003081 |
ISBN | 9783110478815 |