Sadhanamala: Avalokitesvara Section: Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts
Sakuma, Ruriko
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Book ID : 14706
ISBN-10 : 81-87392-37-1 / 8187392371
ISBN-13 : 978-81-87392-37-8 / 9788187392378
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2003
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
279p., Bib., 25 cm. (Asian Iconography Series III)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
The Sadhanamala (SM) is one of the most important materials for the study of visualization of Tantric Buddhist deities. B. Bhattacharyya edited the SM in 1925 (Vol.I) and 1928 (Vol.II). Since then, his edition has been regarded as the standard edition of the SM. Although there are about forty manuscripts of the SM around the world, the edition is based on the only eight which were available in those days. The book, Sadhanamala: the Avalokitesvara Section Sanskrit and Tibetan Texts, aims at providing a critical edition of the SM by using manuscripts not employed in the Bhattacharyya edition. This volume includes the sadhanas of Avalokitesvara. Sadhana is a religious practice of visualizing a diety. Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is one of the most popular Buddhist deities in Asian countries, such as India, Tibet, Nepal, China and Japan. The Bodhisattva has been worshipped as a symbol of compassion by non-Tantric and Tantric Buddhists from laymen to educated monks.
