Saiva Rites of Expiation: A First Edition and Translation of Trilocanasiva’s Twelfth-Century Prayascittasamuccaya (With A Transcription of Hrdayasiva’s Prayascittasamuccaya)
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Collection Indologie
Book: 127Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9782855392189
Length
651p., 25cm.
Subjects
The book presents the translation of a South Indian compendium of Shaiva expiation rituals, Prayashchittasamucchaya, compiled by Trilochanashiva, a twelfth-century theologian celebrated for his Siddhantasaravali, a treatise on the Shaivasiddhanta that is traditionally studied today. Tracing the social developments within the Shaivasiddhanta that provide the context to the evolution of Shaiva reparatory rites, it particularly explains the meaning of prayashchitta, ...
