Temple consecration rituals in ancient India : text and archaeology / Anna A. Sla·czka.
As in various other cultures, in the Hindu tradition of the Indian Subcontinent construction rituals accompany the construction of a temple, from the moment of choosing the suitable building site, right to the completion of the entire project. Numerous descriptions in Sanskrit texts on ritual and ar...
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Table of Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHAPTER ONE. Introduction; CHAPTER TWO. Character, authorship, date of the Kasyapasilpa; CHAPTER THREE. Some remarks on the present edition of the three ritual chapters from the Kasyapasilpa; CHAPTER FOUR. Three chapters from the Kasyapasilpa: edition, translation and commentary; CHAPTER FIVE. Broader textual context: the prathamestaka, garbhanyasa and murdhestaka rituals in the related texts; CHAPTER SIX. The function and meaning of the garbhanyasa, the prathamestakanyasa and the murdhestakanyasa as expressed by the textual sources.
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Theory versus practice: traces of construction rituals in South and Southeast AsiaTABLES; APPENDIXES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.