Overview

At a lonely place, in a remote hermitage somewhere in the Himālaya, the god Śiva is teaching Tantric worship to his humiliated sons, who want to regain their divine status: “You should worship the goddess Mahāmāyā Kālikā”. Remarkable are his ‘talks’ about preliminary rituals, mudrās, and animal as well as human sacrifice. The Tantric Teachings form the inner core of the Kālikā Purāna, i.e. ‘Old Stories about Kālikā’, composed by a learned Brāhmin about a thousand years ago in Kāmarūpa (Assam). Careful listening to the text has been my first priority when presenting the relevant passages in text and translation.

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Author:   Karel R. van Kooij
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   54
Weight:   0.653kg
ISBN:  

9789004470293

ISBN 10:   9004470298
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   04 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations 1 Date, Environment and Narrative Structure  1 A Neglected Manuscript  2 A Sacrificial Site in Kathmandu  3 Speakers, Audiences, Locations  4 Summary and Conclusions 2 Preliminaries  1 Preparation (puraścaraṇa)  2 Purification (bhūtaśuddhi), Cosmic Throne (yogapīṭha)  3 Yoga Body, cakra System  4 Devotion (bhakti)  5 ‘Left’ and ‘Right Method’ (vāmabhāva, dakṣiṇabhāva) 3 Ritual Behaviour  1 Reverence (namaskāra)  2 Gesture (mudrā)  3 Sitting Posture (āsana)  4 Seat (āsana) 4 Mantra  1 Selection of the Right mantra (mantrasiddhi)  2 Application on the Body (nyāsa)  3 Harnessing (kavaca)  4 Device (yantra) 5 Blood-Chapter  1 Gift of the Tribute (balidāna)  2 Animal and Human Sacrifice  3 Human Sacrifice in Nepal 6 Pantheon  1 Contexts  2 Iconology References General Index

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Karel R. van Kooij, Ph.D. (Utrecht 1972), is Professor Emeritus of Leiden University, The Netherlands. He published on Indology, Hindu and Buddhist Iconography, and restarted the Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology (ABIA), now on line (Brill).

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