Consecration Rituals in South Asia ( Numen Book Series )

Publication series ：Numen Book Series

Author： Keul> István  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9789004337183

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004313705

Subject： K89 Custom

Keyword： 风俗习惯

Language： ENG

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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.

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1 Consecration Rituals in South Asia: An Introduction

2 Vedic Astrology and the Prehistory of Varāhamihira’s Pratiṣṭhāpanādhyāya: Image Installation as Apotropaic Consecration

3 On Image-Installation Rites (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) in the Early Mantramārga

4 The Ratnanyāsa (Placing of Gems) Ritual in the Devyāmata, an Early Śaiva Pratiṣṭhātantra

5 The Importance of Pratiṣṭhā Ceremonies in the Śaivāgamas

6 Studies in Dhāraṇī Literature IV: A Nāga Altar in 5th Century India

7 At the Crossroads of Art and Religion: Image Consecration in the Pāñcarātrika Sources

8 Choosing an ācārya for Temple Construction and Image Installation

9 ‘Re-Installation’ of Idols Replacing Damaged Ones, with Special Reference to the Ritual Literature of Kerala

10 The Planting of Trees and the Dedication of a Garden: A Comparison with the Image Pratiṣṭhā

11 The Sūrimantra and the Tantricization of Jain Image Consecration

12 Āgamic Temple Consecration Transnationalized

13 Ritual Observed: Notes on the Structure of an Image Installation

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