Universal Śaivism

@inproceedings{Bisschop2018Universal,
  title={Universal Śaivism},
  author={Peter C. Bisschop},
  year={2018}
}
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Worshipping Viṣṇu’s Twelve Manifestations: A Glimpse into Early Medieval Vaiṣṇava Lay Practice
The paper traces the history of religious practices devoted to a particular set of the twelve manifestations of Viṣṇu. These practices are mostly monthly observances (vrata), which were widely known…
Examining Amoghavajra’s flat-earth cosmology: religious vs. scientific worldviews in Buddhist astrology
  • J. Kotyk
  • Physics
    Studies in Chinese Religions
  • 2021
ABSTRACT This study examines the cosmology of the monk Amoghavajra (Bukong 不空; 705–774), as outlined in his astrological manual, the Xiuyao jing 宿曜經 (Sūtra of Lunar Stations and Planets), as well as…
Navigating the Ocean of Dharma: The Composition of Sanskrit Scriptural Digests in the Dharmaśāstra and Śaiva Siddhānta Traditions
Scholars of Sanskrit literature in the second millennium CE had to deal with sizeable collections of sources claiming authority on different branches of knowledge and human experience. The need for…
The kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvrata in the Śivadharmaśāstra
This article investigates the textual basis of the kṛṣṇāṣṭamīvrata, an observance first attested in the tenth chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra. Given the great variety in readings of the versions…
Buddhist and Śaiva Interactions in the Kali Age
In a much-discussed passage of the Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra it is taught that Avalokiteśvara produced Maheśvara from his forehead. Maheśvara is introduced as a representative of the degenerative Kali age.…
The Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā. The Earliest Surviving Śaiva Tantra. Vol. 1. Critical edition & annotated translation of the Mūlasūtra, Uttarasūtra & Nayasūtra, by Dominic Goodall, in collaboration with Alexis Sanderson & Harunaga Isaacson

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