Vaisnava Goddess as Plant

Carbone, John:
Vaiṣṇava goddess as plant : Tulasī in text and context; a study of the sacred Tulasī plant in Hindu myth and practice / John Carbone. - Saarbrücken : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008. - 102 S.
ISBN 978-3-639-07327-0 / 3-639-07327-4
EUR 49,00
Hochschulschrift. Zugl.: Tallahassee, Florida State University, MA Thesis, 2008

Beschreibung
The Tulasī plant (Ocimum sanctum) is viewed within the purview of Hinduism as a form of the goddess Lakṣmī, or a consort of the god Viṣṇu. This designation seems to originate within the corpus of Purāṇic texts composed in the Sanskrit language from approximately the 5th to 15th centuries CE. The sanctity of the plant, and other forms of vegetation, resembles even earlier cults of Yakṣa and Yakṣī, or nature spirit, worship. The adoration of the plant continues into modernity in various ways. This paper examines the Tulasī plant through the various myths describing her sanctity, as well as how these myths are interpreted by modern devotees of the plant.

Inhalt
Introduction
1. Tulasī as the Plant Form of Lakṣmī
2. Tulasī in the Textual Traditions
3. The Episode of Tulasī/Vṛndā and Śaṅkhacūḍa/Jālaṅdhara
4. The Tulasī Cult in Practice
Conclusion
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Autor
JOHN C. CARBONE studied Hinduism in north India for several years before returning to the United States to earn a Bachelor and Master's degree in the field of Asian Religions from Florida State University. His focus has been Vaishnava and Shaiva systems of worship and philosophy.

Quellen: Florida State University; Amazon (Deutschland); Books on Demand.
Schlagwörter: Hinduismus; Visnuismus; Tulasi