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Tantric Teachings of the KÄlikÄ PurÄá¹a
Series: - Brill's Indological Library, Volume: 54
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At a lonely place, in a remote hermitage somewhere in the HimÄlaya, the god Åiva is teaching Tantric worship to his humiliated sons, who want to regain their divine status: âYou should worship the goddess MahÄmÄyÄ KÄlikÄâ. Remarkable are his âtalksâ about preliminary rituals, mudrÄs, and animal as well as human sacrifice. The Tantric Teachings form the inner core of the KÄlikÄ PurÄna, i.e. âOld Stories about KÄlikÄâ, composed by a learned BrÄhmin about a thousand years ago in KÄmarÅ«pa (Assam). Careful listening to the text has been my first priority when presenting the relevant passages in text and translation.
Karel R. van Kooij, Ph.D. (Utrecht 1972), is Professor Emeritus of Leiden University, The Netherlands. He published on Indology, Hindu and Buddhist Iconography, and restarted the Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology (ABIA), now on line (Brill).
Preface
Abbreviations
1 Date, Environment and Narrative Structure
â1âA Neglected Manuscript
â2âA Sacrificial Site in Kathmandu
â3âSpeakers, Audiences, Locations
â4âSummary and Conclusions
2 Preliminaries
â1âPreparation (puraÅcaraá¹a)
â2âPurification (bhÅ«taÅuddhi), Cosmic Throne (yogapÄ«á¹ha)
â3âYoga Body, cakra System
â4âDevotion (bhakti)
â5ââLeftâ and âRight Methodâ (vÄmabhÄva, daká¹£iá¹abhÄva)
3 Ritual Behaviour
â1âReverence (namaskÄra)
â2âGesture (mudrÄ)
â3âSitting Posture (Äsana)
â4âSeat (Äsana)
4 Mantra
â1âSelection of the Right mantra (mantrasiddhi)
â2âApplication on the Body (nyÄsa)
â3âHarnessing (kavaca)
â4âDevice (yantra)
5 Blood-Chapter
â1âGift of the Tribute (balidÄna)
â2âAnimal and Human Sacrifice
â3âHuman Sacrifice in Nepal
6 Pantheon
â1âContexts
â2âIconology
References
General Index
Abbreviations
1 Date, Environment and Narrative Structure
â1âA Neglected Manuscript
â2âA Sacrificial Site in Kathmandu
â3âSpeakers, Audiences, Locations
â4âSummary and Conclusions
2 Preliminaries
â1âPreparation (puraÅcaraá¹a)
â2âPurification (bhÅ«taÅuddhi), Cosmic Throne (yogapÄ«á¹ha)
â3âYoga Body, cakra System
â4âDevotion (bhakti)
â5ââLeftâ and âRight Methodâ (vÄmabhÄva, daká¹£iá¹abhÄva)
3 Ritual Behaviour
â1âReverence (namaskÄra)
â2âGesture (mudrÄ)
â3âSitting Posture (Äsana)
â4âSeat (Äsana)
4 Mantra
â1âSelection of the Right mantra (mantrasiddhi)
â2âApplication on the Body (nyÄsa)
â3âHarnessing (kavaca)
â4âDevice (yantra)
5 Blood-Chapter
â1âGift of the Tribute (balidÄna)
â2âAnimal and Human Sacrifice
â3âHuman Sacrifice in Nepal
6 Pantheon
â1âContexts
â2âIconology
References
General Index
Specialists in Sanskrit and Indian Tantrism, Indologists, and historians of religion