Les Enfers Indiens

Histoire Multiple d'Un Lieu Commun
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-35308-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Französisch, Englisch, Band 33, 682 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1141 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia

In the present work, the first of its kind in the field of Indian philology, Marc Tiefenauer outlines the history of representations of hell in Indian religious traditions. His study is based on primary sources in Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhamagadhi, Chinese, Braj, Persian and Hindi, extending over three millennia. He identifies the main ideological contributions to Brahmanical representations of the afterlife, particularly those stemming from Buddhism, Jainism, devotional currents (Bhakti) and Islam. He shows the utility of eschatological research to hermeneutics, especially in view of improving the understanding of the literatures of ancient India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tiefenauer, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Marc Tiefenauer received his PhD in Indology (2016) from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he works as librarian for the Oriental Collections (Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Tibetan, and Chinese). His research explores the eschatological representations in South Asian religions.