{"product_id":"early-tantric-vaisnavism-three-newly-discovered-works-of-the-pancaratra-the-svayambhuvapancaratra-devamrtapancaratra-and-astadasavidhana-critically-ed-from-their-11th-and","title":"Early tantric Vaisnavism: three newly discovered works of the Pancaratra, the Svayambhuvapancaratra, Devamrtapancaratra and Astadasavidhana, critically ed. from their 11th and...","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"170\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"168\"\u003eBook Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"403\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"198\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"198\"\u003eAuthor: Diwakar Acharya\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"267\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"267\"\u003ePublisher: ADITYA PRAKASHAN Indological Publishers \u0026amp; Booksellers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"289\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"289\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"313\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"313\"\u003eEdition: Pondichery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"328\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"328\"\u003eYear: 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"355\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"355\"\u003eISBN-13: 9788184702064\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"379\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"379\"\u003eISBN-10: 818470206X\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"403\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"403\"\u003eSubject: Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"893\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"423\"\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"426\"\u003eThis volume presents three previously unpublished \u003cstrong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"523\"\u003e12th-century Nepalese palm-leaf manuscripts\u003c\/strong\u003e of great significance for the early history of Tantric Vaisnavism. Likely older than any previously published Vaisnava Tantras, these texts preserve archaic elements such as Vaisnava brahma-mantras modeled on Pasupata traditions, veneration of the eight heroes of the Vrsni clan, and rituals invoking the pentad of Varaha, Narasimha, Trivikrama, Vamana, and Vasudeva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"1378\"\u003eRemarkably, the manuscripts integrate \u003cstrong data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"950\"\u003eVedic mantras\u003c\/strong\u003e alongside Tantric rites, including one text that requires selecting hymns from all ten mandalas of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1064\"\u003eRgveda\u003c\/strong\u003e for installation in every image of Vishnu. The scriptures call on devotees to identify \u003cstrong data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1181\"\u003eBrahma, Vishnu, and Shiva\u003c\/strong\u003e, presenting an early picture of Tantric Vaisnavism interwoven with Saivism and Brahmanism, and offering valuable insight into the development of tantrism and Hinduism in the first millennium AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1380\" data-end=\"1658\"\u003eThe book includes a detailed introduction with English synopsis, text-critical notes, indices, and facsimiles of the manuscript leaves, making it an essential resource for scholars, researchers, and students of Hindu philosophy, Tantric studies, and early Vaisnava traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ADITYA PRAKASHAN Indological Publishers \u0026 Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50086770573616,"sku":"DRG.AdityaPrakashan _9788184702064","price":700.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/9788184702064.jpg?v=1756300022","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/early-tantric-vaisnavism-three-newly-discovered-works-of-the-pancaratra-the-svayambhuvapancaratra-devamrtapancaratra-and-astadasavidhana-critically-ed-from-their-11th-and","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}