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Compassionate Sacrifice: The Buddhist Incorporation of Vedic Homa Rituals |
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Kurfirtova, Marie Hana (撰)
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| Date | 2017 |
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| Pages | 94 |
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| Publisher | Harvard University |
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https://www.harvard.edu/
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| Location | Cambridge, MA, US [劍橋, 麻薩諸塞州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | master |
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| Institution | Harvard University |
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| Department | Religion |
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| Advisor | Witzel, Michael; Shoemaker, Stephen |
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| Publication year | 2017 |
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| Keyword | Veda; Upanisad; Purana; Brahmana; Sutra; Tantra; Pali; Hindu; Saivism; Agni; Homa; Vairocana; Ritual; Ascetics; Yoga; Prana; Ahimsa; Theravada; Mahayana; Vajrayana; South Asian Studies |
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| Abstract | This thesis traces the origins and history of homa in India paying special attention to its Buddhist variations. It compares the Vedic, Hindu, and Buddhist tantric homa rituals and examines similarities and differences between them. Drawing on a wide range of Vedic and tantric scriptures, such as the Ṛg Veda, Atharva Veda, Bṛhadāraṇyaka and Chāndogya Upaniṣads, Matsya and Vāyu Purāṇas, Mahāvairocana Sūtra, Guhyasamāja, Cakrasaṃvara and Hevajra Tantras, this study attempts to establish how much Buddhism has in common with Vedic culture. As anticipated, tantric homa rituals in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions undeniably share the same roots that go back to India’s Vedic and pre-Vedic past. |
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| Table of contents | Acknowledgments iv
The Reverence of the Fire v
Frontispiece vi
Abbreviations viii
Introduction 1
I. Vedic Origins 13
II. Upaniṣads 21
III. Asceticism 23
Yogas 24
IV. Sacrifice According to the Pāli Suttas 26
V. Homas of the Mahāvairocana Sūtra 31
VI. Homas of the Yoginī Tantras 52
VII. Inner Homas 65
Conclusion 88
Bibliography 91 |
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| Created date | 2021.12.11 |
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