Ritual in an oscillating universe : worshiping Śiva in medieval India /
Saiva liturgy is performed in a world that oscillates: a world permeated by the presence of Siva, where humans live in a condition of bondage and where the highest aim of the soul is to attain liberation from its fetters. In this account of Indian temple ritual, Richard Davis uses medieval Hindu tex...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press
[1991]
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| סדרה: | Princeton legacy library
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7zvz4s |
תוכן הענינים:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION. Locating the Tradition
- CHAPTER ONE. Ritual and Human Powers
- CHAPTER TWO. Oscillation in the Ritual Universe
- CHAPTER THREE. Becoming a Siva
- CHAPTER FOUR. Summoning the Lord
- CHAPTER FIVE. Relations of Worship
- CONCLUSION
- Notes
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.