The Kubjikā Upaniṣad / edited by T. Goudriaan & J.A. Schoterman†.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goudriaan, T., editor.

Schoterman, J.A., editor.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Groningen Oriental studies ; 10.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Groningen Oriental Studies ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Upanishads. Kubjikopaniṣad--Criticism, Textual.

Upanishads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The two main constituents of the Hindu ritual-speculative tradition, the Vedic and the Tantric, are often considered to be more or less antagonistic. The actual situation is less simple: there are resemblances, intersections and combinations, which tend to fuse both elements into a continuous tradition. The Kubjikā Upaniṣad is a unique document which illustrates this continuity. The text consists of twenty-five chapters, which have never before been edited or translated. It belongs to the corpus of the younger, so-called 'sectarian' Upaniṣads. The critical edition was prepared by Schoterman from three manuscripts. After his untimely death, Goudriaan finalized the edition and added the translation, an introduction, and an appendix in which four more (fragmentary) manuscripts are evaluated. The text is basically Tantric; it reveals mantras and mandṇḍalas of the goddess Kubjikā and other members of her pantheon, supplemented by a digression on the morning-worship of the Goddess. The Vedic element consists of more than 100 Atharvavedic stanzas, sometimes of high literary quality, integrated into the Kubjikan ritual system. In addition, there are descriptions of magical rites in a true Atharvanic vein. All this results in a not perfectly harmonized, yet undoubtedly intriguing and partly still mysterious, text, which shows the development and practice of Goddess worship in South Asia from an unexpected point of view.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Preface / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Abbreviations / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Introduction / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Text / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Translation / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Appendix I Parallels between the Kubjikā Upaniṣad and other texts / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Appendix II Codes for letters and Bījas / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Appendix III A note on the Upaniṣadic status of the GauḍapādaKārikās / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Appendix IV Additional manuscript material of the Kubjikā Upaniṣad / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Bibliography / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Index / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman

Groningen Oriental Studies (GOS) / Teun Goudriaan and Jan A. Schoterman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: The Kubjikā Upaniṣad.

ISBN:

9789004646636

OCLC:

607124854

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004646636 DOI

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