9789004313705 - Consecration Rituals in South Asia (Numen Book) (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: near fine. First edition. Octavo. 1x, (1), 395, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial boards with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with numerous black & white photos. A fine, as new copy, but one that is ex-library (with, however, minimal library markings -- i.e. rubber stamp on title page and at bottom of text block). The essays in the volume 'Consecration rituals in South Asia' address the ritual procedures that accompany the installation of temple images in Shaiva, Vaishnava, Buddhist and Jain contexts, in various traditions and historical periods. Through the performance of complex rites designated with the term pranapratishtha (establishment of, or infusion with, life), man-made sculptures are ritually transformed into (receptacles of) deities. The collection is thematically and methodically broad, with a large number of detailed textual studies, but also with ethnographic contributions that discuss contemporary instances of consecration rituals. Among the overarching themes are issues related to historical continuity and change, as well as transformational moments in such rituals. (Publisher) Contents: Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Consecration Rituals in South Asia: An Introduction -- 2 Vedic Astrology and the Prehistory of Var?hamihira's Prati??h?pan?dhy?ya: Image Installation as Apotropaic Consecration -- 3 On Image-Installation Rites (li?ga-prati??h?) in the Early Mantram?rga -- 4 The Ratnany?sa (Placing of Gems) Ritual in the Devy?mata, an Early ?aiva Prati??h?tantra -- 5 The Importance of Prati??h? Ceremonies in the ?aiv?gamas -- 6 Studies in Dh?ra?? Literature IV: A N?ga Altar in 5th Century India -- 7 At the Crossroads of Art and Religion: Image Consecration in the P?ñcar?trika Sources -- 8 Choosing an ?c?rya for Temple Construction and Image Installation -- 9 'Re-Installation' of Idols Replacing Damaged Ones, with Special Reference to the Ritual Literature of Kerala -- 10 The Planting of Trees and the Dedication of a Garden: A Comparison with the Image Prati??h? -- 11 The S?rimantra and the Tantricization of Jain Image Consecration -- 12 ?gamic Temple Consecration Transnationalized -- 13 Ritual Observed: Notes on the Structure of an Image Installation -- Index. Volume 155 in the Brill's series, "Numen Book Series. Studies in the History of Religions.".