Early Tantric Vaiṣṇavism: Three Newly Discovered Works of the Pañcarātra: The Svāyambhuvapañcarātra, Devāmr̥tapañcarātra and Aṣṭādaśavidhāna; Critically Edited From Their 11th- and 12th-Century Nepalese Palm-Leaf Manuscripts with an iIntroduction and Notes
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 240
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- A - Authored book
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- Pondicherry, India: Institut Français de Pondichéry ; Paris : École française d'Extrême-Orient ; Hamburg, Germany : Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg
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- 9788184702064
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- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Interdisciplinary
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- On the basis of 11th and 12th century palm-leaf manuscripts the book establishes a new foundation for the study of the Pāñcarātra, a thousand year old Hindu religious movement. Conventionally the 9th century CE Pāñcarātra Saṃhitās (literary treatises) were the earliest extant works of this tradition. These three texts represent literature from an earlier point in time than extant versions. The three newly edited texts are probably of a pure North Indian origin, unlike all other known Saṃhitās, which exhibit South Indian modifications and additions. The book interprets and solves text-critical issues and places them in historical context.
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