Powers of Protection - The Buddhist Tradition of Spells in the Dharanisamgraha Collections (Hardcover)

This sourcebook explores the most extensive tradition of Buddhist dharani literature and provides access to the earliest available materials for the first time: a unique palm-leaf bundle from the 12th-13th centuries and a paper manuscript of 1719 CE. The Dharanisamgraha collections have been present in South Asia, and especially in Nepal, for more than eight hundred years and served to supply protection, merit and auspiciousness for those who commissioned their compilation. For modern scholarship, these diverse compendiums are valuable sources of incantations and related texts, many of which survive in Sanskrit only in such manuscripts.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Beyond Boundaries
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Gergely Hidas
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-071304-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
LSN:	3-11-071304-7
Barcode:	9783110713046

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