Illness and immortality : mantra, maṇḍala, and meditation in the Netra Tantra / Patrica Sauthoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sauthoff, Patrica, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Death.

Diseases--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Diseases.

Śaivism.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Includes large sections of the Netra Tantra translated from the Sanskrit.

Summary:

This work examines a medieval Sanskrit text, the Netra Tantra, which is devoted to health and healing through a yogic practice dedicated to the chanting of mantras, the building of mandalas, and meditation. It discusses the nature and efficacy of these practices and explores non-medical routes to the alleviation of pain, illness, and even death. A focal point of the study is the iconography of the deity Amrtesa (non-death), also known as Mrtyujit or Mrtyuj̨aya (Conqueror of Death), a deity who continues to be popular today among those seeking to ease physical suffering.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sauthoff, Patricia Illness and Immortality

ISBN:

0-19-755327-3

0-19-755329-X

0-19-755328-1