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Of Gods and Books : Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India / Florinda De Simini

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Studies in manuscript cultures ; Volume 8Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2016Description: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 477 Seiten)ISBN:
  • 9783110477726
  • 9783110477764
  • 3110477726
  • 9783110478815
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783110477726 | Erscheint auch als: Of Gods and Books. Druck-Ausgabe Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016. 200 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 294.5/92
  • 900
LOC classification:
  • BL1111.4
DOI: DOI: 10.1515/9783110478815Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1. Manuscripts, Ritual, and the State in Indian Sources
2. The Task of Writing and the Art of Giving
3. Manuscripts, Ritual, and the Medieval Literature on Dharma
4. The Throne of Knowledge: Aspects of the Cult of the Book in the Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava Tantric Traditions
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Table A: Structure of the Chapters on the Gift of Knowledge in the Sanskrit Law-Digests
References
Index of Authors
Index of Works
Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Preface -- -- 1. Manuscripts, Ritual, and the State in Indian Sources -- -- 2. The Task of Writing and the Art of Giving -- -- 3. Manuscripts, Ritual, and the Medieval Literature on Dharma -- -- 4. The Throne of Knowledge: Aspects of the Cult of the Book in the Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava Tantric Traditions -- -- Appendix 1 -- -- Appendix 2 -- -- Table A: Structure of the Chapters on the Gift of Knowledge in the Sanskrit Law-Digests -- -- References -- -- Index of Authors -- -- Index of Works
Summary: India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing size and complexity. Nevertheless, many topics concerning the study of Indian manuscript cultures still remain to receive systematic examination. Of Gods and Books pays attention to one of these topics - the use of manuscripts as ritualistic tools. Literary sources deal quite extensively with rituals principally focused on manuscripts, whose worship, donation and preservation are duly prescribed. Around these activities, a specific category of ritual gift is created, which finds attestations in pre-tantric, as well as in smārta and tantric, literature, and whose practice is also variously reflected in epigraphical documents. De Simini offers a first systematic study of the textual evidence on the topic of the worship and donation of knowledge. She gives account of possible implications for the relationships between religion and power. The book is indsipensible for a deeper understanding of the cultural aspects of manuscript transmission in medieval India, and beyondPPN: PPN: 1653756632Package identifier: Produktsigel: GBV-deGruyter-alles | ZDB-23-GOA | ZDB-23-67 | ZDB-23-68 | ZDB-23-23
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