Indian esoteric Buddhism: a social history of the trantric movement/
R.M. Davidson
- Delhi : MBP, 2004.
- 1v. (xvi,475p.) : ill. ; 22cm.
Introducrion: A Plethora of Premises Habits of the Heart, Deductive Premises, and Buddhist Inhibitions Petrarch s Method: Artes Historicae in the Renaissance Tropes, Heuristics, and Other Dangerous Things Prayers in the Palace, Swords in the Temple: Sarly Medieval India The Occlusion of the Medieval Early Medieval Political and Military Events The Culture of Military Opportunism Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship Feudalization of Divinity Conclusion: Early Medieval Vitality The Medieval Buddhist Experience Guilds, Commerce, and Political Legitimacy Politics, Patronage, and Ethics—The Loss of Kuntala and Andhrapatha Medieval Women's Buddhism—Hidden from View or Missing in Action? A Loss of Footing: The Agenda of Skepticism Looking Elsewhere for Direction: The Turn to Epistemology Big Important Monasteries—Administrators in Maroon Robes Conclusion: A Tradition Under Duress The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor Chronology: The Seventh-Century Beginning Becoming the Rajadhiraja—The Central Mantrayana Metaphor Mandalas and Fields of Plenty Becoming the Institution Monks and Their Rituals Sacralization of the Domain Conclusion: Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized Samanta Feudalism Siddhas and the Religious Landscape Some Siddha Social Models First Moments in Siddha Identity Saiva and S^ta Ascetic Orders Marginal Siddha Topography Religious Relations: The Agonistic Landscape Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidyadharas Chronological Concerns and Saiva Exchanges Indian Sacred Geograph Siddha Divinities—Bhairava and Henika Kapalika-Buddhist Conversions The Other Saivas: The Pasupatas Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape Conclusion: A Complex Terrain Siddhas, Literature, and Language Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha The Hidden Scriptures From Transmission to Reception The Buddha's Talking Skull Excites Women, Kills Snakes, and Belches a Book Everything You Know Is Wrong The Magic Decoder: The Construct of Coded Language Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras Conclusion: The Literature of Perfection 7 SiddJhas, Monks, and Communities Siddha Mandalas, Circles of Goddesses Siddhas in a Circle, Siddhas in a Line, Siddhas in a Mob Hagiographical Communities: Buddhajhanapada's Travels Gatherings and Ganacakras—^The Ritual Cornmunity Rules of Order Self-Criticism and Correction The Imperial Metaphor Reconsidered: Becoming the Vidyadhara-Cakravartin Conclusion: Its a Siddhas Life
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