Indian esoteric Buddhism: a social history of the trantric movement/ (Record no. 158981)
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| fixed length control field | 02993nam a2200169Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 8120819918 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.354 |
| Item number | DAV/I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Davidson, R.M. |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indian esoteric Buddhism: a social history of the trantric movement/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | R.M. Davidson |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | MBP, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1v. (xvi,475p.) : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 22cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introducrion: A Plethora of Premises<br/>Habits of the Heart, Deductive Premises, and Buddhist<br/>Inhibitions<br/>Petrarch s Method: Artes Historicae in the Renaissance<br/>Tropes, Heuristics, and Other Dangerous Things<br/>Prayers in the Palace, Swords in the Temple:<br/>Sarly Medieval India<br/>The Occlusion of the Medieval<br/>Early Medieval Political and Military Events<br/>The Culture of Military Opportunism<br/>Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship<br/>Feudalization of Divinity<br/>Conclusion: Early Medieval Vitality<br/>The Medieval Buddhist Experience<br/>Guilds, Commerce, and Political Legitimacy<br/>Politics, Patronage, and Ethics—The Loss of Kuntala<br/>and Andhrapatha<br/>Medieval Women's Buddhism—Hidden from View or<br/>Missing in Action?<br/>A Loss of Footing: The Agenda of Skepticism<br/>Looking Elsewhere for Direction: The Turn to Epistemology<br/>Big Important Monasteries—Administrators in Maroon Robes<br/>Conclusion: A Tradition Under Duress<br/>The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor<br/>Chronology: The Seventh-Century Beginning<br/>Becoming the Rajadhiraja—The Central Mantrayana Metaphor<br/>Mandalas and Fields of Plenty<br/>Becoming the Institution<br/>Monks and Their Rituals<br/>Sacralization of the Domain<br/>Conclusion: Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized Samanta<br/>Feudalism<br/>Siddhas and the Religious Landscape<br/>Some Siddha Social Models<br/>First Moments in Siddha Identity<br/>Saiva and S^ta Ascetic Orders<br/>Marginal Siddha Topography<br/>Religious Relations: The Agonistic Landscape<br/>Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidyadharas<br/>Chronological Concerns and Saiva Exchanges<br/>Indian Sacred Geograph<br/>Siddha Divinities—Bhairava and Henika<br/>Kapalika-Buddhist Conversions<br/>The Other Saivas: The Pasupatas<br/>Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape<br/>Conclusion: A Complex Terrain<br/>Siddhas, Literature, and Language<br/>Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha<br/>The Hidden Scriptures<br/>From Transmission to Reception<br/>The Buddha's Talking Skull Excites Women, Kills Snakes,<br/>and Belches a Book<br/>Everything You Know Is Wrong<br/>The Magic Decoder: The Construct of Coded Language<br/>Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words<br/>Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics<br/>Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras<br/>Conclusion: The Literature of Perfection<br/>7 SiddJhas, Monks, and Communities<br/>Siddha Mandalas, Circles of Goddesses<br/>Siddhas in a Circle, Siddhas in a Line, Siddhas in a Mob<br/>Hagiographical Communities: Buddhajhanapada's Travels<br/>Gatherings and Ganacakras—^The Ritual Cornmunity<br/>Rules of Order<br/>Self-Criticism and Correction<br/>The Imperial Metaphor Reconsidered:<br/>Becoming the Vidyadhara-Cakravartin<br/>Conclusion: Its a Siddhas Life<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Tantric Buddhism -- India -- History. |
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| Keyword | Tantric Buddhism. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 294.354 DAV/I | P13813 | 13/09/2024 | 13/09/2024 | General Books |