Consecration Rituals in South Asia

Buch | Hardcover

404 Seiten

2017
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-31370-5 (ISBN)

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The essays in the volume Consecration Rituals in South Asia address the ritual procedures that accompany the installation of temple images in Shaiva, Vaishnava, Buddhist and Jain contexts, in various traditions and historical periods. Through the performance of complex rites designated with the term pranapratishtha (establishment of, or infusion with, life), man-made sculptures are ritually transformed into (receptacles of) deities. The collection is thematically and methodically broad, with a large number of detailed textual studies, but also with ethnographic contributions that discuss contemporary instances of consecration rituals. Among the overarching themes are issues related to historical continuity and change, as well as transformational moments in such rituals.

Contributors are: Marie-Luce Barazer-Billoret, Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz, Ronald M. Davidson, Shingo Einoo, Marko Geslani, Dominic Goodall, Ellen Gough, István Keul, Elisabeth Raddock, S.A.S Sarma, Anna A. Ślączka, Annette Wilke.

István Keul, Ph.D. (2000), University of Tübingen, is Professor in the Study of Religions at the University of Bergen (Norway). He has published a monograph on Hanuman and has edited volumes on tantra, yoginis, and science and technology in South Asia.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.02.2017
Reihe/Serie	Numen Book Series ; 155
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	770 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	90-04-31370-2 / 9004313702
ISBN-13	978-90-04-31370-5 / 9789004313705
Zustand	Neuware