Pancaratra Scripture in the Process of Change

A Study of the Paramasamhita
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-900271-37-4
Verlag: Sammlung de Nobili

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 226 Seiten, PB

Reihe: Publications of the De Nobili Research Library

CONTENTS
PREFACE 7
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS 11

I. THE TEXT AND ITS STRUCTURE 27
1. The Text 27
2. The Structure 34

II. THEOLOGICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS OF THE PARAMASAMHITA 101
1. God 101
1.1. Forms of God 101
1.2. God’s Creating of the World 108
srsti and sanhara 108
1.3. God Granting Grace 118
1.4. God’s Idol in the Temple 128
2. The Soul (jiva) 129
2.1. Nature of the Soul and its Place in sansara 129
2.2. The Way of Salvation 132
diksa 132
dhyana/yoga 153
bhakti 169

III. THE DAILY RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEVOTEE 185
1. samaya 186
2. samacara 188
3. svadhyaya 191
4. dravyasangraha and suddhi 193
5. aradhana (yaga) 196
yagapitha, the sacrificial throne 204
aradhana 207
6. stuti 211
7. dhyana 212
8. pañcakalavidhi versus vidhir astadha 215

LIST OF TRANSLATIONS FROM SANSKRIT 221
GENERAL INDEX 223

Autoren/Hrsg.

Czerniak-Drozdzowicz, Marzenna