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This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings are held responsible for the amount of rainfall. The six chapters of the Vajratundasamayakalparaja present the vidyadhara spell-master as a ritualist who uses mandalas, mudras and other techniques to gain mastery over the Nagas and thus control the rains. By subjugating the Nagas, favourable weather and good crops are guaranteed. This links this incantation tradition to economic power and the securing of worldly support for the Buddhist community.

Australasian & Pacific history --- Buddhism --- Incantation. --- Indology. --- Nepal. --- Sanskrit.

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Au début du XIXe siècle, les élites indiennes voient dans la culture française un vecteur décisif de la culture moderne. À partir des années 1870, les tentatives des autorités britanniques pour juguler l’émancipation des élites indiennes ne vont qu’accroître leur intérêt. Si l’émancipation de la tutelle coloniale britannique rapproche les élites indiennes de la France, la Troisième République engage la nation dans l’aventure coloniale. Les dynamiques politiques, économiques mais aussi culturelles s’en trouvent affectées. La solidarité avec l’allié britannique empêche les dirigeants français de jouer ce rôle de partenaire souhaité par les futurs dirigeants indiens. Au moment de l’indépendance de l’Inde, la perception de la jeune nation et des enjeux des relations entre les deux pays resteront largement tributaires du projet colonial et de ses développements.

History --- indianisme --- diplomatie --- nationalisme --- colonialisme --- colonie --- indépendance de l’Inde --- relations internationales --- relations culturelles --- diplomacy --- Indology --- colonialism --- international relations --- cultural relations

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This monograph analyses the role of water in classical Indian medicine on the basis of its source texts. In three large sections, Angermeier discusses the medical relevance of nature and climate, the role of water in the human body and its dietary and medical use. Within these three categories, topics as diverse as hydrology, seasonology, anatomy and physiology, the elemental doctrines as well as therapeutic practice are dealt with offering multi-layered insights into the intellectual history of early Ayurveda. Diese Monographie analysiert die Rolle des Wassers in der klassischen indischen Medizin anhand seiner Quellentexte. In drei großen Abschnitten erörtert Angermeier die medizinische Relevanz von Natur und Klima, die Rolle des Wassers im menschlichen Körper und seine diätetische und medizinische Anwendung. Innerhalb dieser drei Kategorien werden so unterschiedliche Themenfelder wie Hydrologie, Jahreszeitenkunde, Anatomie und Physiologie, Elemente-Lehren sowie die therapeutische Praxis behandelt und vielschichtige Einblicke in die Geistesgeschichte des frühen Ayurveda geboten.

Social & cultural history --- Wasser, Ayurveda, indische Medizin, Wasserkunde, Hydrologie, Klimatologie, Jahreszeiten --- ÖFOS 2012, Indologie --- ÖFOS 2012, Geschichte der Medizin --- Water, Ayurveda, Indian medicine, hydrology, climatology, seasons --- ÖFOS 2012, Indology --- ÖFOS 2012, History of medicine

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This proceedings volume contains 30 papers dealing with the history, literature and ideas of the logico-epistemological school of Indian Buddhism initiated by Dignaga and Dharmakirti, and related currents in South Asia (India), Tibet and East Asia (China). The papers address historical and philological problems raised by important recent manuscript discoveries, pursue specific research questions in the history of philosophy, and undertake philosophical reconstructions and critical examinations relating to individual theories and arguments. By focusing on philosophical currents in Asia that developed and applied rigorous philosophical methods, the volume also aims to contribute to the formation of a better-founded global historical awareness in the field of philosophy. Dieser Tagungsband enthält 30 Beiträge, die sich mit Geschichte, Literatur und Gedankengut der von Dignaga und Dharmakirti begründeten erkenntnistheoretischen Schule des indischen Buddhismus und verwandten Strömungen in Südasien (Indien), Tibet und Ostasien (China) befassen. Die Beiträge behandeln mit historischen und philologische Problemen, die durch wichtigeManuskriptfunde aufgeworfen werden, verfolgen spezifischeForschungsfragen der Philosophiegeschichte und unternehmen philosophische Rekonstruktionen und kritische Untersuchungen zu einzelnen Theorien und Argumenten. Durch die konzentrierte Behandlung philosophischer Strömungen in Asien, die rigorose philosophische Methoden entwickelt und angewandt haben, will der Band auch zur Herausbildung eines fundierteren globalen Geschichtsbewusstseins im Bereich der Philosophie beitragen.

Buddhistische Philosophie, Erkenntnistheorie und Logik, Buddhismus --- ÖFOS 2012, Buddhismus --- ÖFOS 2012, Indologie --- ÖFOS 2012, Tibetologie --- ÖFOS 2012, Erkenntnistheorie --- Buddhist philosophy, logic and epistemology, Buddhism --- ÖFOS 2012, Buddhism --- ÖFOS 2012, Indology --- ÖFOS 2012, Tibetan studies --- ÖFOS 2012, Epistemology

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Popularly Hinduism is believed to be the world's oldest living religion. This claim is based on a continuous reverence to the oldest strata of religious authority within the Hindu traditions, the Vedic corpus, which began to be composed more than three thousand years ago, around 1750-1200 BCE. The Vedas have been considered by many as the philosophical cornerstone of the Brahmanical traditions (āstika); even previous to the colonial construction of the concept of "Hinduism." However, what can be pieced together from the Vedic texts is very different from contemporary Hindu religious practices, beliefs, social norms and political realities. This book presents the results of a study of the traditional education and training of Brahmins through the traditional system of education called gurukula as observed in 25 contemporary Vedic schools across the state of Maharasthra. This system of education aims to teach Brahmin males how to properly recite, memorize and ultimately embody the Veda. This book combines insights from ethnographic and textual analysis to unravel how the recitation of the Vedic texts and the Vedic traditions, as well as the identity of the traditional Brahmin in general, are transmitted from one generation to the next in contemporary India.

Brahmanism --- Hinduism and education --- Hinduism, Vedic Schools, priestly education, Gurukula, Modern India, Ethno-Indology. --- Schule --- Brahmanismus --- Vedismus --- Studium --- RELIGION / Hinduism / General. --- Hochschule --- Hochschulstudium --- Universitätsstudium --- Hochschulbesuch --- Hochschulbildung --- Wedische Religion --- Wedismus --- Vedische Religion --- Religion --- Schulwesen --- Schulform --- Schulart --- Schulsystem --- Schulen --- Bildungseinrichtung --- Education and Hinduism --- Education --- Religions --- Hinduism