Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One

Lawrence, David Peter:
The teachings of the odd-eyed one : a Study and Translation of the Virūpākṣapañcāśikā, with the Commentary of Vidyācakravartin / by David Peter Lawrence. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2008. - 192 S. - (SUNY series in Hindu Studies)
ISBN 978-0-7914-7553-9
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Beschreibung
This book offers the first published translation of the contemplative manual Virūpākṣapañcāśikā written circa the twelfth century CE, and the commentary on it, Vivṛti by Vidyācakravartin. These late works from the Pratyabhijñā tradition of monistic and tantric Kashmiri Śaiva philosophy focus on means to deindividualize and disclose the primordial, divine essential natures of the human ego and body-sense.
   David Peter Lawrence situates these writings in their medieval, South Asian religious and intellectual contexts. He goes on to engage Pratyabhijñā philosophical psychology in dialogue with Western religious and psychoanalytic conceptions of identity and "narcissism," and also demonstrates the Śaiva tradition's strong concern with ethics. The richly annotated translation and glossary illuminate the texts for all readers. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Illustrations. viii
Preface. ix
List of Abbreviations. xii
PART I: Introduction. 1
1. The Texts in their Religious and Intellectual Contexts. 3
2. The Instruction of Indra. 19
3. The Odd-Eyed One's Teachings on the Tantric Self and its Universal Body. 25
4. Comparative Reflections: Cosmic Narcissism and Divine Self-Satisfaction. 39
5. On the Translation. 57
PART II: Translation of the Virūpākṣapañcāśikā with the commentary of Vidyācakravartin. 59
Notes. 131
Glossary. 159
Bibliography. 165
Index. 185

Autor
David Peter Lawrence is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota. He is the author of Rediscovering God with Transcendental Argument: A Contemporary Interpretation of Monistic Kashmiri Saiva Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press. Faculty profile.

Quellen: SUNY Press; Amazon; WorldCat; Library of Congress.
Schlagwörter: Hinduismus; Sivaismus; Philosophie