Śaivism and the tantric traditions : essays in honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson
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Śaivism and the tantric traditions : essays in honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson
(Gonda Indological studies, v. 22)
Brill, c2020
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Note
Results from a symposium held at the University of Toronto in honour of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson, March 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index
Other editors: Shaman Hatley, Harunaga Isaacson, Srilata Raman
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Academic study of the tantric traditions has blossomed in recent decades, in no small measure thanks to the magisterial contributions of Alexis G. J. S. Sanderson, until 2015 Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University. This collection of essays honours him and touches several fields of Indology that he has helped to shape (or, in the case of the Saiva religions, revolutionised): the history, ritual, and philosophies of tantric Buddhism, Saivism and Vaisnavism; religious art and architecture; and Sanskrit belles lettres. Grateful former students, joined by other experts influenced by his scholarship, here offer papers that make significant contributions to our understanding of the cultural, religious, political, and intellectual histories of premodern South and Southeast Asia.
Contributors are: Peter Bisschop, Judit Toerzsoek, Alex Watson, Isabelle Ratie, Christopher Wallis, Peter-Daniel Szanto, Srilata Raman, Csaba Dezso, Gergely Hidas, Nina Mirnig, John Nemec, Bihani Sarkar, Jurgen Hanneder, Diwakar Acharya, James Mallinson, Csaba Kiss, Jason Birch, Elizabeth Mills, Ryugen Tanemura, Anthony Tribe, and Parul Dave-Mukherji.
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
A Note on Alexis Sanderson and Indology
Dominic Goodall and Harunaga Isaacson
Bibliography of the Published Works of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson
Introduction
Part 1 Early Saivism
1 From Mantramarga Back to Atimarga: Atimarga as a Self-referential Term
Peter Bisschop
2 Why Are the Skull-Bearers (Kapalikas) Called Soma?
Judit Toerzsoek
3 Dressing for Power: On vrata, carya, and vidyavrata in the Early Mantramarga, and on the Structure of the Guhyasutra of the Nisvasatattvasamhita
Dominic Goodall
Part 2 Exegetical and Philosophical Traditions
4 Further Thoughts on Ramakantha's Relationship to Earlier Positions in the Buddhist-Brahmanical Atman Debate
Alex Watson
5 Some Hitherto Unknown Fragments of Utpaladeva's Vivrti (II): Against the Existence of External Objects
Isabelle Ratie
6 Alchemical Metaphors for Spiritual Transformation in Abhinavagupta's Isvarapratyabhijnavimarsini and Isvarapratyabhijnavivrtivimarsini
Christopher D. Wallis
7 On Vagisvarakirti's Influence in Kashmir and among the Khmer
Peter-Daniel Szanto
8 Reflections on the King of Ascetics (Yatiraja): Ramanuja in the Devotional Poetry of Vedanta Desika
Srilata Raman
Part 3 Religion, the State, and Social History
9 Not to Worry, Vasistha Will Sort It Out: The Role of the Purohita in the Raghuvamsa
Csaba Dezso
10 Buddhism, Kingship and the Protection of the State: The Suvarnaprabhasottamasutra and Dharani Literature
Gergely Hidas
11 Adapting Saiva Tantric Initiation for Exoteric Circles: The Case of the Lokadharmini Diksa and Its History in Early Medieval Sources
Nina Mirnig
12 Innovation and Social Change in the Vale of Kashmir, circa 900-1250 C.E.
John Nemec
13 Toward a History of the Navaratra, the Autumnal Festival of the Goddess
Bihani Sarkar
Part 4 Mantra, Ritual, and Yoga
14 Sarika's Mantra
Jurgen Hanneder
15 The Kamasiddhistuti of King Vatsaraja
Diwakar Acharya
16 The Lotus Garland (padmamala) and Cord of Power (saktitantu): The Brahmayamala's Integration of Inner and Outer Ritual
Shaman Hatley
17 The Amrtasiddhi: Hathayoga's Tantric Buddhist Source Text
James Mallinson
18 A Sexual Ritual with Maya in Matsyendrasamhita 40
Csaba Kiss
19 Hathayoga's Floruit on the Eve of Colonialism
Jason Birch
Part 5 Art and Architecture
20 The Early Saiva Matha: Form and Function
Libbie Mills
21 The Kriyasamgrahapanjika of Kuladatta and Its Parallels in the Saiva Pratisthatantras
Ryugen Tanemura
22 Manjusri as Adibuddha: The Identity of an Eight-Armed Form of Manjusri Found in Early Western Himalayan Buddhist Art in the Light of Three Namasamgiti-Related Texts
Anthony Tribe
23 Life and Afterlife of Sadrsya: Revisiting the Citrasutra through the Nationalism-Naturalism Debate in Indian Art History
Parul Dave-Mukherji
Index
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