Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture : : Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja / / Gergely Hidas.
This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for succ...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin : : De Gruyter,, 2019. |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Edition: | Critical edition. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Beyond boundaries series.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (152 pages). |
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