Early Tantric medicine : snakebite, mantras, and healing in the Gāruḍa Tantras

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Early Tantric medicine : snakebite, mantras, and healing in the Gāruḍa Tantras

Michael Slouber

Oxford University Press, c2017

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Kriyākālaguṇottara

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Includes critical ed. and English translation of Kriyākālaguṇottara, based on the surviving Nepalese mss.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [340]-353) and index

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内容説明

Early Tantric Medicine looks at a traditional medical system that flourished over 1,000 years ago in India. The Garuda Tantras had a powerful influence on traditional medicine for snakebite, and some of their practices remain popular to this day. Snakebite may sound like a rare and exotic phenomenon, but in India it is a problem that affects 1.4 million people every year and results in over 45,000 deaths. Michael Slouber offers a close examination of the Garuda Tantras, which were deemed lost until the author himself discovered numerous ancient titles surviving in Sanskrit manuscripts written on fragile palm-leaves. The volume brings to life this rich tradition in which knowledge and faith are harnessed in complex visualizations accompanied by secret mantras to an array of gods and goddesses; this religious system is combined with herbal medicine and a fascinating mix of lore on snakes, astrology, and healing. The book's appendices include an accurate, yet readable translation of ten chapters of the most significant Tantric medical text to be recovered: the Kriyakalagunottara. Also included is a critical edition based on the surviving Nepalese manuscripts.

目次

Foreword Preface List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Precursors to Garudam Chapter 3: Canon and Compendia Chapter 4: The Vipati Mantra Chapter 5: Nilakantha, et al. Chapter 6: Snakebite Goddesses Chapter 7: Impact Chapter 8: Conclusions and Prospective Appendices A: Prologue to the Translation and Edition B Translation of the Kriyakalagunottara: The Garudam Chapters C Edition of Kriyakalagunottara: The Garudam Chapters Notes Register of Shortened Internet Links Title List of Indic Primary Sources General Bibliography Index

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