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A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture : Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - critical edition and translation / Gergely Hidas.
LIBRA BQ4990.N4 H53 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hidas, Gergely, 1970- author of commentary, editor, translator.
- Series:
- Beyond boundaries series ; volume 3.
- Beyond boundaries ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800.
- Buddhism.
- Rain-making rites--Nepal--Early works to 1800.
- Rain-making rites.
- Weather control--Religious aspects.
- Weather control.
- Buddhism--Customs and practices.
- Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- 145 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2019]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Previous research. Primary references ; Secondary references
- Sources. Sanskrit ; Chinese ; Tibetan ; Mongolian ; Commentaries, citations, parallels, auxillary texts
- Structure
- Contents
- Contexts. Central theme ; Ritual roots and relevant sources ; Title ; Texts for rainmakingl ; Dating ; Geographical, botanical and zoological references ; Monastic references ; Vidyādhara ; Maṇḍala / maṇḍalaka and mudrā
- Practice. Weather control and pesticides ; Modern practice
- A critical edition. The five manuscripts ; Manuscript affinities ; Editorial policy ; Silent standardizations ; Symbols and abbreviations
- Edition and translation
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Published with support of the European Research Council" -- Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783110617658
- 311061765X
- OCLC:
- 1056478317
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