Pancaratra Scripture in the Process of Change
A Study of the Paramasamhita
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Beschreibung
CONTENTS
PREFACE 7
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS 11
I. THE TEXT AND ITS STRUCTURE 27
1. The Text 27
2. The Structure 34
II. THEOLOGICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS OF THE PARAMASAMHITĀ 101
1. God 101
1.1. Forms of God 101
1.2. God’s Creating of the World 108
sŗşţi and saņhāra 108
1.3. God Granting Grace 118
1.4. God’s Idol in the Temple 128
2. The Soul (jīva) 129
2.1. Nature of the Soul and its Place in saņsāra 129
2.2. The Way of Salvation 132
dīkşā 132
dhyāna/yoga 153
bhakti 169
III. THE DAILY RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEVOTEE 185
1. samaya 186
2. samācāra 188
3. svādhyāya 191
4. dravyasaņgraha and śuddhi 193
5. ārādhana (yāga) 196
yāgapīţha, the sacrificial throne 204
ārādhana 207
6. stuti 211
7. dhyāna 212
8. pañcakālavidhi versus vidhir aşţadhā 215
LIST OF TRANSLATIONS FROM SANSKRIT 221
GENERAL INDEX 223
Autor*in
Marzenna Czerniak-Drozdzowicz
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