The "Brahmayāmalatantra" Or "Picumata".
Author | : Shaman Hatley |
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Total Pages | : 695 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Tantrism |
ISBN | : 9782855392318 |
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Author | : Shaman Hatley |
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Total Pages | : 695 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Tantrism |
ISBN | : 9782855392318 |
Author | : Csaba Kiss |
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Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2015 |
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ISBN | : 9782855391533 |
The Brahmayamalatantra (aka Picumata) is probably one of the earliest surviving Saiva tantras, and possibly the earliest one known to us of the Bhairavatantra tradition. The present volume contains a critical edition and annotated translation of three of its chapters : one on the central mandala of the cult, one on preliminary religious observances (vrata) prescribed for all practitioners (sadhaka), and one on instructions for each individual category of sadhaka - instructions on transgressive sexual rituals for the Talaka, on strict rules of conduct for the chaste Carubhojin, and on a combination of these for the Mixed Practitioner. This unique system of sadhakas marks an early phase in the development of classification of practitioners seeking liberation and magical powers, and gives us an insight into the tantric world of extremes : of rule-bound sexual encounters involving several female partners and highly impure substances on the one hand, and of asceticism, strict vegetarianism and chastity on the other. The introduction deals with the main topics raised by the selected chapters, as well as with problems of the sometimes extremely non-standard (Aisa) Sanskrit that the oldest manuscript transmits. One of the appendices provides a summary of the first twenty-five chapters (about one quarter of the Brahmayamala) to facilitate further study. The extensive index includes all important keywords and all major Aisa phenomena.
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Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2015 |
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ISBN | : 9788184702071 |
Author | : Hatley. Shaman |
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Total Pages | : 695 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Tantrism |
ISBN | : 9788184702262 |
Author | : David B. Gray |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2019-04-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1949163032 |
This is the first complete, critical English translation of the Cakrasamvara Tantra, also known as the Sriherukabhidhana and Laghusamvara. This is the first complete, critical English translation of the Cakrasamvara Tantra. Composed in India during the eighth century, it is a foundational scripture of one of the most important Indian Buddhist tantric traditions. The translator’s introductory essay provides an analysis of the historical and intellectual contexts in which the Cakrasamvara Tantra was composed. The heavily annotated translation was made on the basis of the surviving Sanskrit manuscripts of the tantra and its commentaries, parallel passages in related explanatory tantras (vyakhyatantra), two different Tibetan translations of the root text, and several Tibetan commentaries. Includes a trilingual glossary and index. The author has also translated the commentary on this tantra by the great Tibetan scholar Tsong Khapa (1357–1419), Illumination of the Hidden Meaning, now published in two companion volumes. Taken together, these three volumes provide the reader with the first full study in English of this pivotal tantra. Composed in India during the late eighth or early ninth century, the Cakrasamvara Tantra is a foundational scripture of one of the most important Indian Buddhist tantric traditions, as evidenced by the vast number of commentaries and ritual literature associated with it. Along with the Hevajra Tantra, it is one of the earliest and most influential of the yogini tantras, a genre of tantric Buddhist scripture that emphasizes female deities, particularly the often fiercely depicted yoginis and ?akinis.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Tantrism |
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Author | : Teun Goudriaan |
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Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Religion |
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