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Of Gods and Books
Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India
Buch von Florinda De Simini
Sprache: Englisch

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India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing size and complexity. Nevertheless, many topics concerning the study of Indian manuscript cultures still remain to receive systematic examination. Of Gods and Books pays attention to one of these topics - the use of manuscripts as ritualistic tools. Literary sources deal quite extensively with rituals principally focused on manuscripts, whose worship, donation and preservation are duly prescribed. Around these activities, a specific category of ritual gift is created, which finds attestations in pre-tantric, as well as in sm¿rta and tantric, literature, and whose practice is also variously reflected in epigraphical documents. De Simini offers a first systematic study of the textual evidence on the topic of the worship and donation of knowledge. She gives account of possible implications for the relationships between religion and power. The book is indsipensible for a deeper understanding of the cultural aspects of manuscript transmission in medieval India, and beyond.
India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing size and complexity. Nevertheless, many topics concerning the study of Indian manuscript cultures still remain to receive systematic examination. Of Gods and Books pays attention to one of these topics - the use of manuscripts as ritualistic tools. Literary sources deal quite extensively with rituals principally focused on manuscripts, whose worship, donation and preservation are duly prescribed. Around these activities, a specific category of ritual gift is created, which finds attestations in pre-tantric, as well as in sm¿rta and tantric, literature, and whose practice is also variously reflected in epigraphical documents. De Simini offers a first systematic study of the textual evidence on the topic of the worship and donation of knowledge. She gives account of possible implications for the relationships between religion and power. The book is indsipensible for a deeper understanding of the cultural aspects of manuscript transmission in medieval India, and beyond.
Über den Autor
Florinda de Simini, University L'Orientale, Naples, Italy.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 490
Reihe: ISSN
Inhalt: XI
477 S.
ISBN-13: 9783110477726
ISBN-10: 3110477726
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: De Simini, Florinda
Hersteller: De Gruyter
ISSN
Maße: 236 x 160 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Florinda De Simini
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.11.2016
Gewicht: 0,877 kg
preigu-id: 107774042
Über den Autor
Florinda de Simini, University L'Orientale, Naples, Italy.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 490
Reihe: ISSN
Inhalt: XI
477 S.
ISBN-13: 9783110477726
ISBN-10: 3110477726
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: De Simini, Florinda
Hersteller: De Gruyter
ISSN
Maße: 236 x 160 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Florinda De Simini
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.11.2016
Gewicht: 0,877 kg
preigu-id: 107774042
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