Of gods and books : : ritual and knowledge transmission in the manuscript cultures of premodern India / / Florinda de Simini.
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...
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De Simini, Florinda, author. Of gods and books : ritual and knowledge transmission in the manuscript cultures of premodern India / Florinda de Simini. De Gruyter 2016 Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (xi, 477 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in manuscript cultures ; Volume 8 This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy 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 beyond. In English. 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 / Joseph, Kristen de -- Index of Works / Joseph, Kristen de Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-470) and indexes. Description based on print version record. Issued also in print. Hinduism Sacred books. Hinduism Rituals History and criticism. Tantric literature History and criticism. Manuscripts, Sanskrit History. Manuscripts, Kannada History. Book history South-Asia. Cult of the book. Hinduism. India. Kannada. Sanskrit. ritual practices. 3-11-047772-6 Joseph, Kristen de, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Studies in manuscript cultures ; Volume 8. 2365-9696 |
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