Silvia Schwarz Linder

Goddess Traditions in India (eBook, ePUB)

Theological Poems and Philosophical Tales in the Tripurarahasya

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book on Tripurarahasya is a study of Srividya & Sakta traditions in South Indian intellectual history, late middle ages, for researchers in Indology, Asiam, Philosophical, Theological/Religious, Hindu & Tantric Studies, South Asian Religion & Phil., & Sakta & Saiva phil-religious traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000564488
• Artikelnr.: 63682638

Autorenporträt

Silvia Schwarz Linder holds a PhD in South Asian Studies from the Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Vienna University, Austria. She is currently a Research Associate at the Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies, Leipzig University, Germany and Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK. Her interests focus on the Tantric religious traditions of the Srividya and the Pañcaratra.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I MYTHS AND RITUALS Chapter 1 The Tripurarahasya and the Srividya Tradition Chapter 2 The Iconic Form of the Goddess Chapter 3 Tripura as Kamaksi and Lalita Chapter 4 The Island of Jewels and the Sricakra PART II PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL TEACHINGS Chapter 1 Tripura as Immanent and Transcendent Divine Consciousness Chapter 2 The Reformulation of the Svatantryavada and Abhasavada Chapter 3 The Goddess as Word-Energy Chapter 4 The Path towards Jivanmukti PART III SYNOPSIS OF THE MAHATMYAKHA A OF THE TRIPURARAHASYA With an Annotated Translation of the Stotras and of Selected Passages Descent of the Scripture (Sastravatara); Presentation of the Spiritual Teachers; Story of Parasurama; The Sage Sa varta; Dattatreya and His Teaching; Tripura as Mother of the Worlds; The Goddesses as Forms of Tripura; The Threefold Kumari; Laksmi and the Deeds of her Son Kama; Kama and Tripura; Gauri; Marriage of Parvati and Siva; Origin of the Cult of the Sivalinga; Kama and Tripura/Kamaksi; Birth of Skanda; Bharati; Katyatani; Candika; Kali; Durga; Lalitamahatmya; Rebirth of Kama; Birth and First Deeds of Bhanda; Manidvipa and Sricakra; Antecedents of the Fight between Bhanda and Lalita; The Battle; Lalita Triumphant; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of the Translated Passages and Stotras