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9780231126199

Indian Esoteric Buddhism

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    9780231126199

  • ISBN10:

    0231126190

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

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Summary

Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism -- especially the esoteric system of Tantra, one of its most popular yet most misunderstood forms -- the historical origins of Buddhist thought and practice remain obscure. This groundbreaking work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement in early medieval India, where it developed as a response to, and in some ways an example of, the feudalization of Indian society. Drawing on primary documents -- many translated for the first time -- from Sanskrit, Prakrit, Tibetan, Bengali, and Chinese, Ronald Davidson shows how changes in medieval Indian society, including economic and patronage crises, a decline in women's participation, and the formation of large monastic orders, led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India that became the model for Buddhist cultures in China, Tibet, and Japan.

Table of Contents

Maps and Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Pronunciation and Orthographic Guide xvii
Introduction: A Plethora of Premises
1(24)
Habits of the Heart, Deductive Premises, and Buddhist Inhibitions
7(8)
Petrarch's Method: Artes Historicae in the Renaissance
15(7)
Tropes, Heuristics, and Other Dangerous Things
22(3)
Prayers in the Palace, Swords in the Temple: Early Medieval India
25(50)
The Occlusion of the Medieval
26(4)
Early Medieval Political and Military Events
30(32)
The Culture of Military Opportunism
62(12)
Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship
68(3)
Feudalization of Divinity
71(3)
Conclusion: Early Medieval Vitality
74(1)
The Medieval Buddhist Experience
75(38)
Guilds, Commerce, and Political Legitimacy
77(6)
Politics, Patronage, and Ethics---The Loss of Kuntala and Andhrapatha
83(8)
Medieval Women's Buddhism---Hidden from View or Missing in Action?
91(8)
A Loss of Footing: The Agenda of Skepticism
99(3)
Looking Elsewhere for Direction: The Turn to Epistemology
102(3)
Big Important Monasteries---Administrators in Maroon Robes
105(6)
Conclusion: A Tradition Under Duress
111(2)
The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor
113(56)
Chronology: The Seventh---Century Beginning
116(2)
Becoming the Rajadhiraja---The Central Mantrayana Metaphor
118(13)
Mandalas and Fields of Plenty
131(13)
Becoming the Institution
144(9)
Monks and Their Rituals
153(7)
Sacralization of the Domain
160(6)
Conclusion: Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized Samanta Feudalism
166(3)
Siddhas and the Religious Landscape
169(67)
Some Siddha Social Models
171(2)
First Moments in Siddha Identity
173(4)
Saiva and Sakta Ascetic Orders
177(10)
Marginal Siddha Topography
187(4)
Religious Relations: The Agonistic Landscape
191(3)
Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidyadharas
194(8)
Chronological Concerns and Saiva Exchanges
202(4)
Indian Sacred Geography
206(5)
Siddha Divinities---Bhairava and Heruka
211(6)
Kapalika-Buddhist Conversions
217(1)
The Other Saivas: The Pasupatas
218(6)
Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape
224(9)
Conclusion: A Complex Terrain
233(3)
Siddhas, Literature, and Language
236(57)
Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha
237(2)
The Hidden Scriptures
239(6)
From Transmission to Reception
245(2)
The Buddha's Talking Skull Excites Women, Kills Snakes, and Belches a Book
247(5)
Everything You Know Is Wrong
252(5)
The Magic Decoder: The Construct of Coded Language
257(5)
Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words
262(7)
Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics
269(8)
Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras
277(13)
Conclusion: The Literature of Perfection
290(3)
Siddhas, Monks, and Communities
293(43)
Siddha Mandalas, Circles of Goddesses
294(9)
Siddhas in a Circle, Siddhas in a Line, Siddhas in a Mob
303(6)
Hagiographical Communities: Buddhajnanapada's Travels
309(9)
Gatherings and Ganacakras---The Ritual Community
318(4)
Rules of Order
322(5)
Self-Criticism and Correction
327(3)
The Imperial Metaphor Reconsidered: Becoming the Vidyadhara-Cakravartin
330(4)
Conclusion: It's a Siddha's Life
334(2)
Conclusion: The Esoteric Conundrum
336(5)
Appendix: Probable Pasupata Sites 341(4)
Glossary 345(4)
Notes 349(68)
Abbreviations 417(2)
Bibliography 419(46)
Indic and Ostensibly Indic Tibetan Sources
419(15)
Chinese Sources
434(1)
Indigenous Tibetan Sources
435(3)
Archaeological and Epigraphic Materials
438(6)
General Modern Sources
444(21)
Index 465

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