Author : Céline Redard
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 19,31 MB
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004460985
Unlocking the meaning and performative aspects in this first-ever edition in any European language, of these core Zoroastrian rituals in India, Céline Redard and Kerman Dadi Daruwalla open up the Indian tradition for future research and highlight its importance.
Author : Jivanji Jamshedji Modi
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 1922
Category : India
ISBN :
Author : Alberto Cantera
Publisher : Harrassowitz
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Avesta
ISBN : 9783447065542
The Avesta is a collection of liturgical texts considered as their sacred book by the Zoroastrian community. It contains the recitatives of the Zoroastrian liturgies still celebrated in the 17th century, some of them even celebrated until today. The texts integrated in these ceremonies were composed in different places and at different times, and transmitted orally for centuries. The exact date of the fixation of the ceremonies in the shape in which they are presented in the manuscripts and the creation of the different manuscripts is unknown. But today it is proven that even after the creation of the first manuscripts, the transmission of these liturgical texts was the result of a complicated process in which not only the process of copying manuscripts but also the ritual practice and the ritual teaching were involved. The only deep analysis of the written transmission of the Avesta was made by K. F. Geldner as Prolegomena to his edition of the Avesta. Since then, many new manuscripts have appeared. In Poets, Priests, Scribes and Librarians contributions by the main experts in the transmission of the Avesta are gathered: the oral transmission, the fixation of the different collections, the first writing down, and the manuscripts. Special interest is devoted to the manuscripts. Some contributions of the volume were presented at the correspondent colloquium held in Salamanca, September 2009; others were added in order to make of the volume a comprehensive work on the different aspects of the Avestan transmission.
Author : Michael Stausberg
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 35,75 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9047412508
Rituals play a prominent role in Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest religious traditions of mankind. In this book, scholars from a broad range of disciplines make the first ever collective effort to discuss Zoroastrian rituals in different historical contexts and geographical settings.
Author : Ehsan Yarshater
Publisher :
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
This encyclopedia presents alphabetically arranged scholarly articles "on topics of archeological, geographic, ethnographic, historical, artistic, literary, religious, linguistic, philosophical, scientific, and folkloric interest. ... The time span covered ... extends from prehistory to the present; however, biographies of living persons are excluded." -- Introduction.
Author : Richard Stoneman
Publisher :
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1107167698
Explores how Alexander the Great has influenced literature, art and culture in Europe and the Middle East over two millennia.
Author : Helmut Humbach
Publisher : Universitatsverlag Winter
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Ellen Raven
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9004473009
An extensive, illustrated bibliography for the Hindu god Śiva in the arts of South and Southeast Asia, offering detailed indices and easy access to resource repositories.
Author : Uwe Ellerbrock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1000358488
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the Parthian Empire, which existed for almost 500 years from 247 BC to 224 AD. The Parthians were Rome’s great opponents in the east, but comparatively little is known about them. The Parthians focuses on the rise, expansion, flowering and decline of the Parthian Empire and covers both the wars with the Romans in the west and the nomads in the east. Sources include the small amount from the Empire itself, as well as those from outside the Parthian world, such as Greek, Roman and Chinese documents. Ellerbrock also explores the Parthian military, social history, religions, art, architecture and numismatics, all supported by a great number of images and maps. The Parthians is an invaluable resource for those studying the Ancient Near East during the period of the Parthian Empire, as well as for more general readers interested in this era.
Author : Peter Bisschop
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004384367
In Universal Śaivism Peter Bisschop provides a critical edition and annotated translation of the sixth chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra `Treatise on the Religion of Śiva’, the so-called Śāntyadhyāya 'Chapter on Appeasement’. The Sanskrit text is preceded by an extensive introduction on its composition, transmission and edition. The Śivadharmaśāstra has arguably played a crucial role in the formation, development and institutionalisation of Śaivism. Through a detailed study of its extensive śānti mantra, Peter Bisschop shows how the text advocates a system in which all worldly and cosmic power is ultimately dependent upon Śiva. The mantra itself is a mine of information on the evolving pantheon of early Brahmanical Hinduism. Thanks to generous support of the J. Gonda Fund Foundation, the e-book version of this volume is available in Open Access.
