Of Gods and Books : Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India.
De Simini, Florinda.
Of Gods and Books : Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (490 pages) - Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series ; v.8 . - Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Manuscripts, Ritual, and the State in Indian Sources -- 1.1 Indian Manuscripts in Art and Ritual: The Case of Buddhism -- 1.2 Rituals of Power and Knowledge in Brahmanism -- 1.3 The 'Books of Siva' -- 2 The Task of Writing and the Art of Giving -- 2.1 The Gift of Knowledge -- 2.1.1 The Introductory Procedures -- 2.1.2 The Manuscripts -- 2.1.3 The Thrones of Worship -- 2.1.4 The Scribes -- 2.1.5 The Copying -- 2.1.6 The Donation -- 2.2 The Corrections -- 2.3 The Abode of Knowledge -- 2.4 On Ritual Readings and Teachers' Salaries: The Gift of Knowledge and its Social Roots -- 2.5 The Books of Knowledge -- 3 Manuscripts, Ritual and the Medieval Literature on Dharma -- 3.1 Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed: Law-Digests on the Gift of Manuscripts -- 3.2 'Vedam non sunt libri', or: How to Give What You Cannot Have -- 4 The Throne of Knowledge: Aspects of the Cult of the Book in Saiva and Vai??ava Tantric Traditions -- 4.1 The Cult of the Book in the Context of Obligatory and Occasional Rites -- 4.2 The Installation of the Throne of Knowledge -- 4.3 On the Threshold of Modernity: Ritual and Manuscripts in the Sixteenth-Century South India -- 5 Appendix 1: The 'Chapter on the Gift of Knowledge' (Vidyadanadhyaya), being the second chapter of the Sivadharmottara -- 5.1 English Translation -- 5.2 Sanskrit Text -- 6 Appendix 2: Tables of Textual Parallels with Chapters 1, 2 and 12 of the Sivadharmottara -- 7 Table A: Structure of the Chapters on the Gift of Knowledge in the Sanskrit Law-Digests -- References -- Indices.
The series publishes monographs and collective volumes contributing to the emerging field of manuscript studies (manuscriptology), which includes disciplines such as philology, palaeography, codicology, art history, and material analysis. SMC encourages comparative approaches, without geographical or other limitations on the material studied; it contributes to a historical and systematic survey of manuscript cultures, and provides a new foundation for current discussions in Cultural Studies.
9783110478815
Hinduism-Sacred books.
Hinduism-Rituals-History and criticism.
Tantric literature-History and criticism.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit-History.
Manuscripts, Kannada-History.
Electronic books.
BL1111.4 .D475 2016
294.5/92
Of Gods and Books : Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (490 pages) - Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series ; v.8 . - Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series .
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Manuscripts, Ritual, and the State in Indian Sources -- 1.1 Indian Manuscripts in Art and Ritual: The Case of Buddhism -- 1.2 Rituals of Power and Knowledge in Brahmanism -- 1.3 The 'Books of Siva' -- 2 The Task of Writing and the Art of Giving -- 2.1 The Gift of Knowledge -- 2.1.1 The Introductory Procedures -- 2.1.2 The Manuscripts -- 2.1.3 The Thrones of Worship -- 2.1.4 The Scribes -- 2.1.5 The Copying -- 2.1.6 The Donation -- 2.2 The Corrections -- 2.3 The Abode of Knowledge -- 2.4 On Ritual Readings and Teachers' Salaries: The Gift of Knowledge and its Social Roots -- 2.5 The Books of Knowledge -- 3 Manuscripts, Ritual and the Medieval Literature on Dharma -- 3.1 Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed: Law-Digests on the Gift of Manuscripts -- 3.2 'Vedam non sunt libri', or: How to Give What You Cannot Have -- 4 The Throne of Knowledge: Aspects of the Cult of the Book in Saiva and Vai??ava Tantric Traditions -- 4.1 The Cult of the Book in the Context of Obligatory and Occasional Rites -- 4.2 The Installation of the Throne of Knowledge -- 4.3 On the Threshold of Modernity: Ritual and Manuscripts in the Sixteenth-Century South India -- 5 Appendix 1: The 'Chapter on the Gift of Knowledge' (Vidyadanadhyaya), being the second chapter of the Sivadharmottara -- 5.1 English Translation -- 5.2 Sanskrit Text -- 6 Appendix 2: Tables of Textual Parallels with Chapters 1, 2 and 12 of the Sivadharmottara -- 7 Table A: Structure of the Chapters on the Gift of Knowledge in the Sanskrit Law-Digests -- References -- Indices.
The series publishes monographs and collective volumes contributing to the emerging field of manuscript studies (manuscriptology), which includes disciplines such as philology, palaeography, codicology, art history, and material analysis. SMC encourages comparative approaches, without geographical or other limitations on the material studied; it contributes to a historical and systematic survey of manuscript cultures, and provides a new foundation for current discussions in Cultural Studies.
9783110478815
Hinduism-Sacred books.
Hinduism-Rituals-History and criticism.
Tantric literature-History and criticism.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit-History.
Manuscripts, Kannada-History.
Electronic books.
BL1111.4 .D475 2016
294.5/92