Michael Slouber

Early Tantric Medicine (eBook, PDF)

Snakebite, Mantras, and Healing in the Garuda Tantras

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Produktbeschreibung

Snakebite may sound like a rare and exotic phenomenon, but in India it is a problem that affects 1.4 million people every year and results in over 45,000 deaths. A traditional medical system that flourished over 1,000 years ago, the Garuda Tantras had a powerful influence on medicine for snakebite, and some of their practices remain popular to this day. In Early Tantric Medicine, Michael Slouber offers a close examination of the Garuda Tantras, which were deemed lost until the author discovered numerous ancient titles surviving in Sanskrit manuscripts written on fragile palm-leaves. The volume brings to life this rich tradition in which knowledge and faith are harnessed in complex visualizations accompanied by secret mantras to an array of gods and goddesses; this religious system is combined with herbal medicine and a fascinating mix of lore on snakes, astrology, and healing. The book's appendices include an accurate yet readable translation of ten chapters of the most significant Tantric medical text to be recovered: the Kriyakalagunottara. Also included is a critical edition based on the surviving Nepalese manuscripts. Tying in to interest in holistic medicine, meditation, and Tantra, this volume sheds light on a nearly forgotten piece of history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190461829
• Artikelnr.: 48794757

Autorenporträt

Michael Slouber is Assistant Professor of South Asia in the Department of Liberal Studies at Western Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Precursors to Garudam
Chapter 3: Canon and Compendia
Chapter 4: The Vipati Mantra
Chapter 5: Nilakantha, et al.
Chapter 6: Snakebite Goddesses
Chapter 7: Impact
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Prospective
Appendices
A: Prologue to the Translation and Edition
B Translation of the Kriyakalagunottara: The Garudam Chapters
C Edition of Kriyakalagunottara: The Garudam Chapters
Notes
Register of Shortened Internet Links
Title List of Indic Primary Sources
General Bibliography
Index