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Un Tantra du Nord : le Netra Tantra
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 1974Brunner Hélène. Un Tantra du Nord : le Netra Tantra. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 61, 1974. pp. 125-197.
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2022
The term “Śākta Tantra” (Śāktism) refers to a constellation of Tantric traditions of Asian goddess worship. Śākta Tantra is considered a branch of Hindu Tantrism, together with Śaivism and Vaiṣṇavism. This article is meant as a general introduction to Śākta Tantra, a web of esoteric religious traditions that have developed in the Indian subcontinent ...
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The term “Śākta Tantra” (Śāktism) refers to a constellation of Tantric traditions of Asian goddess worship. Śākta Tantra is considered a branch of Hindu Tantrism, together with Śaivism and Vaiṣṇavism. This article is meant as a general introduction to Śākta Tantra, a web of esoteric religious traditions that have developed in the Indian subcontinent ...
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2022
Abstract From congregational singing to reenactments of the ḍamburu drumming of Shiva, tantric auditory practices reflect a complex religious acoustemology. Sounds and songs in a variety of vernaculars have represented an important component of lived religion in tantric communities.
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Abstract From congregational singing to reenactments of the ḍamburu drumming of Shiva, tantric auditory practices reflect a complex religious acoustemology. Sounds and songs in a variety of vernaculars have represented an important component of lived religion in tantric communities.
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2022
The global prominence of Tantra today owes much to the publications of “Arthur Avalon,” the name under which a team of learned South Asians and the British judge John Woodroffe wrote. In the early twentieth century, the Avalon publications were pivotal to the academic recognition of Tantra as an integral part of (South) Asian culture.
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The global prominence of Tantra today owes much to the publications of “Arthur Avalon,” the name under which a team of learned South Asians and the British judge John Woodroffe wrote. In the early twentieth century, the Avalon publications were pivotal to the academic recognition of Tantra as an integral part of (South) Asian culture.
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2000
1. Tantra (sanskrit »Webkette, Gewebe; Lehrbuch«) bezeichnet im allgemeinen einen praktischen Weg, auf dem rituelle, korperliche und mentale Techniken angewendet werden, um ausergewohnliche Fahigkeiten (siddbi) oder die Befreiung von allen weltlichen Bindungen (mukti) zu Lebzeiten zu erlangen.
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1. Tantra (sanskrit »Webkette, Gewebe; Lehrbuch«) bezeichnet im allgemeinen einen praktischen Weg, auf dem rituelle, korperliche und mentale Techniken angewendet werden, um ausergewohnliche Fahigkeiten (siddbi) oder die Befreiung von allen weltlichen Bindungen (mukti) zu Lebzeiten zu erlangen.
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2023
Abstract The Jain faith is known first and foremost for its thoroughgoing commitment to nonviolence (ahiṃsā) and emphasis on psychic and bodily purity (śuddha, śubha). Hence, Jain texts proclaim antipathy toward tantric practices that include “defiling” practices, such as the ingestion of meat, fish, and alcohol and the performance of
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Abstract The Jain faith is known first and foremost for its thoroughgoing commitment to nonviolence (ahiṃsā) and emphasis on psychic and bodily purity (śuddha, śubha). Hence, Jain texts proclaim antipathy toward tantric practices that include “defiling” practices, such as the ingestion of meat, fish, and alcohol and the performance of
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2011
È il tantrismo da intendersi come un movimento socio-religioso che ha fortemente caratterizzato tutta la civiltà indiana dal medioevo fino ai nostri giorni, oppure come una delle vette assolute del pensiero e della spiritualità universali, o forse solo come una sofisticata iniziazione alla trasgressione sessuale? Uno dei molti meriti di questo libro
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È il tantrismo da intendersi come un movimento socio-religioso che ha fortemente caratterizzato tutta la civiltà indiana dal medioevo fino ai nostri giorni, oppure come una delle vette assolute del pensiero e della spiritualità universali, o forse solo come una sofisticata iniziazione alla trasgressione sessuale? Uno dei molti meriti di questo libro
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