Presence of Siva (eBook)

S. Kramrisch (Autor)

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2021
560 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22422-0 (ISBN)

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One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, The Rg Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns; Vedic myths, rituals, and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation on Siva--based on original Sanskrit texts, many translated here for the first time--Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology, and myths of Siva from the Vedas and the Puranas. Who is Siva? Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? From the dawn of creation, the Wild God, the Great Yogi, the sum of all opposites, has been guardian of the absolute. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that keep Siva alive in India today, Kramrisch reveals the paradoxes in Siva's nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.2.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Bollingen Series
• Reihe/Serie: Bollingen Series
• Reihe/Serie: Bollingen Series (General)
• Reihe/Serie: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology
• Reihe/Serie: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
• Schlagworte: Acta Orientalia • Adbhuta • aditi • Agni • ahaṃkāra • Allusion • Ambience (sound recording) • Amśumal • Anasūyā • Andhaka • Anthropomorphism • Anthropos • Antithesis • Apotheosis • Appar • Archaeological Survey of India • Ardhanārīśvara • Artibus Asiae • Asana • Asceticism • Asura • Atharvaveda • Axis Mundi • Bhagīratha • Bhairava • Bodhicitta • brahmacharya • Brahman • Buddhism • Budha • castration • Cataclysm (Dragonlance) • Chakra • Charnel ground • chastity • Circumambulation • Conflagration • Cosmic Man • Cosmic ocean • creation myth • Creator deity • Dakṣiṇāmūrti • Day and Night (cellular automaton) • deity • Demiurge • Dhruva • Ekavrātya • Elephanta Caves • Ellora Caves • evocation • Firmament • forehead • Fulfiller of the sacrifice • Gaṇapati • Gaṅgā • God • Great Goddess • Hanumān • Harvard Oriental Series • Harvard Theological Review • He Lives • Hindu iconography • Hinduism • Hiraṇyagarbha • History of Religions • Iconography • Incarnation • Incest • Indian Antiquary • Indian Culture • Indian Historical Quarterly • Indriya • Jalandhara • Journal of Indian History • kaivalya • Kāla, a form of Śarva • Kālanemi • Kali Yuga • Kāmalākṣa • Kaurava • Kāvyamālā • King of the sacrifice • Kīrttimukha • Kṛśānu’s arrow • Kubera • Lakulin • Libation • Litany • Magic word • Mahādeva • Mandara • Manyu (deity) • Matsya • Maya • mendicant • Mohenjo-daro • Mount Mandara • narrative • Oblation • Phallus • Pitāmaha • Prajāpati, the sacrifice • Prajāpati, the year • pralaya" • Pralaya • Prana • procession • Progenitor • RICE CAKE • Rite • Rudra • Rudra as Kirāta • Rudras • Rudra’s primordial shot • "Rudra, Wild Hunter • Sacred Books of the Hindus • sacred geometry • Sacred tradition • Sacrifice • Sanskrit • Sattva • Sentient beings (Buddhism) • Serpents • Serpent (symbolism) • sexual intercourse • shrine • Smriti • South India • Stambha • subtle body • Tapas (Sanskrit) • The boar of heaven • Theogony • theophany • The Other Hand • The Various • Thirty-three gods • Trance • Trivandrum Sanskrit Series • ūrdhvaliṅga • V. • Vajra • vedas • World • Worship • Yajna • Yogi • Yoni • Yuga
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22422-6 / 0691224226
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22422-0 / 9780691224220