| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford ritual studies |
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Oxford ritual studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Richard K. Payne -- Symbolic and Comparative Studies: The Ritual Interplay of Fire and Water in Hindu and Buddhist Tantras / Holly Grether; Buddhist Permutations and Symbolism of Fire / Tadeusz Skorupski; The Structure of Japanese Buddhist Homa / Musashi Tachikawa -- Textual Studies: The Vedic Homa and the Standardization of Hindu Pūjā / Timothy Lubin; Oblation, Non-conception, and Body: Systems of Psychosomatic Fire Oblation in Esoteric Buddhism in Medieval South Asia / Tsunehiko Sugiki; The Three Types of Fire Sacrifice According to Kāṇha's Śricakrasaṃvara-homavidhi / David B. Gray; Fire Rituals by the Queen of Siddhas: The Aparimitāyur-homa-vidhi-nāma in the Tengyur / Georgios T. Halkias; Homa Rituals in the Indian Kālacakratantra Tradition / Vesna A. Wallace; Ritual Subjects: Homa in Chinese Translations and Manuals from the Sixth through Eighth Centuries / Charles D. Orzech -- Descriptive Studies: Newar Buddhist Homa Ritual Traditions / Todd Lewis and Naresh Bajracarya; The Navarātra Homa: Liver, Enchantment, and Engendering the Divine Śakts / Nawaraj Chaulagain; Fire on the Mountain: The Shugendō Saitō Goma / Richard K. Payne; Agnihotra Rituals in Nepal / Michael Witzel |
| Summary |
Throughout human history, and across many religious cultures, offerings are made into fire. The essays collected in 'Homa Variations' provide detailed studies of this practice, known in the tantric world as the 'homa, ' from its inception up to the present |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 1, 2015) |
| Subject |
Homa (Rite)
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Fire -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Fire -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Fire -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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Fire -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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Homa (Rite)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Payne, Richard K., editior
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Witzel, Michael, 1943- editor.
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| LC no. |
2015009162 |
| ISBN |
9780199351596 |
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0199351597 |
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9780199351602 |
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0199351600 |
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