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From Material to Deity: Indian Rituals of Consecration (Japanese Studies in South Asia) - Hardcover

 
9788173046278: From Material to Deity: Indian Rituals of Consecration (Japanese Studies in South Asia)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 8173046271 ISBN 13: 9788173046278
Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2026

Synopsis

Consecration ceremony of an image of a god, known as pratistha in Sanskrit, is one of the most important rituals in Hinduism. Only through the performance of this ceremony the nature of an image changes from material to a deity. Pratistha ceremony was simple in origin but developed into a very complex system in course of time. It contains a number of elements which are common in other Hindu rituals and are even mentioned in Buddhist Tantric texts. In the Vedic texts there are no descriptions of pratistha. It was fully described in many texts, both Tantric and non-Tantric, for the first time in post-Vedic period. This ceremony is therefore a post-Vedic creation, but it also contains many Vedic ritual elements which underwent more or less great changes. An intensive study of the installation ceremony of an image of a god enables one to clarify the formation and development of post-Vedic rituals both in Tantric and non-Tantric schools, on the one hand, and to make a perceptive analysis of the ritual elements of post-Vedic rituals on the other.

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About the Authors

Shingo Einoo is Professor of Indology at the University of Tokyo. He has published a number of important studies in both Vedic and post-Vedic rituals, including Die Caturmasya order die altindischen Tertialopfer, Dargestellt nach den Vorschriften der Brahmanas und der Srautasutras (1988).

Jun Takashima is Professor at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He has published a number of important studies including Diksa in the Tantraloka' (1992) and The Doctrine of the Earliest Saiva AgamasDoctrine part of the Svayambhuva-agama' (1995).

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Publisher
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8173046271
ISBN 13 
9788173046278
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
344
Editor
Einoo Shingo, Takashima Jun