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| Book Review: "Hindu and Buddhist Initiations in India and Nepal," – Edited by Astrid Zotter and Christof Zotter | ||
| 作者 | Smith, Frederick M. |
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| 出處題名 | Religious Studies Review |
| 卷期 | v.37 n.4 |
| 出版日期 | 2011.12.08 |
| 頁次 | 302 |
| 出版者 | Wiley-Blackwell |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| 出版地 | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article; 書評=Book Review |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | HINDU AND BUDDHIST INITIATIONS IN INDIA AND NEPAL . Edited by Astrid Zotter and Christof Zotter . Ethno Indology, Heidelberg Studies in South Asian Rituals. Gen. ed. Axel Michaels, Vol. 10 . Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz , 2010 . Pp . 380 . €58.95 . |
| 摘要 | This edited volume containing fourteen articles sheds much‐needed new light on the topic of rituals of initiation in India and Nepal. Little coherent work exists beyond the normative accounts drawn from well‐known Sanskrit texts, and most ethnographic accounts are scattered and often of questionable quality. This volume begins to correct for this problem. Two types of rituals are considered: life cycle rituals (saṃskāra) that are obligatory in many communities, and more optional religious initiations, consecrations, or empowerments (dīkṣā, abhiṣeka). Examination of the former is based on recent research that combines ethnographic work with classical and premodern texts. These thickly described and socially contextualized studies demonstrate that the adaptations these rites of passage have undergone are not so different from their presentation in the classical ritual literature, and can hardly be considered much of a modern compromise. Several papers examine childhood saṃskāras and the rites of Vedic initiation (upanayana) and return home (samāvartana), which are often combined with the marriage ceremony. Among the most noteworthy are those by D. Gellner, K. Gögge, A. Michaels, and T. Lewis (all in Nepal). The convergence of Hindu and Buddhist initiatory rituals is perhaps best shown by Gellner in an insightful study of Newar girls' puberty rituals. The authors do not fall back on the standard texts in their accounts, but access lesser‐known but equally important texts, some available in manuscript only. It is important to single out the papers by H. Isaacson on initiation in Buddhist tantra, A. von Rospatt on the ritual of consecration in Newar Buddhism, and G. Colas on variation in the installation of temple images (pratiṣṭhā). A. Zotter completes the volume with a most interesting account of the initiation of a tree prescribed in a Nepalese ritual handbook. This excellent volume is highly recommended. |
| ISSN | 0319485X (P); 17480922 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 85 |
| 建檔日期 | 2014.11.05 |
| 更新日期 | 2019.11.28 |
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