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A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture : Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - cr…
This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings ar…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 783110621051
- Collation
- VIII, 146 p.
- Series Title
- Beyond Boundaries, 3
- Call Number
- 294.3095496 HID a
Of Gods and Books : Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultu…
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 ex…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783110478815
- Collation
- XI, 417 p.
- Series Title
- Studies in Manuscript Cultures
- Call Number
- 294.592 DES g
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