Electronic Publication/s Nina Mirnig Liberating the Liberated Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens 96 ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-8331-0 ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-8475-1 Subject Area: -

Liberating the Liberated
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Preliminaries i
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Table of Contents v
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Preface ix
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Introduction: On Śaiva Tantric Death Rites in the Early Medieval Religio-historical Context 1
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Chapter 1: Doctrinal and Structural Premises for Śaiva Tantric Funerary Practices 23
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Chapter 2: The Emergence and Formation of Śaiva antyeṣṭi in the Earliest Extant Śaiva Siddhānta Scriptures 41
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Chapter 3: Śaiva Cremation in Early Saiddhāntika Ritual Manuals 85
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Chapter 4: The Cremation Ritual 123
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Chapter 5: Ancestor Worship in Early Śaiva Siddhānta 177
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Appendix A: Sanskrit Texts 217
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Appendix B: Translations 271
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Bibliography 339
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Index 355
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