Les enfers indiens : : histoire multiple d'un lieu commun / / par Marc Tiefenauer.

• Superior document: Handbook of oriental studies. Section 2, South Asia, v. 33
• Author: Tiefenauer, Marc.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: French
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (681 pages).

In the present work, the first of its kind in the field of Indian philology, Marc Tiefenauer outlines the history of representations of hell in Indian religious traditions. His study is based on primary sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhamagadhi, Chinese, Braj, Persian and Hindi, extending over three millennia. He identifies the main ideological contributions to Brahmanical representations of the afterlife, particularly those stemming from Buddhism, Jainism, devotional currents (Bhakti) and Islam. He shows the utility of eschatological research to hermeneutics, especially in view of improving the understanding of the literatures of ancient India.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Prolégomènes -- Les littératures avestique et védique -- Le bouddhisme ancien -- Le jaïnisme -- Les épopées sanscrites -- Les enfers exemplaires du Varāhapurāṇa -- Enfers et expiations -- La Mort à l’épreuve de la dévotion -- La fin de la Fin -- Synopsis des enfers indiens -- Le fin mot de l’histoire -- Annexes -- Bibliographies -- Index.