Glimpses of Early Saiva Siddhanta. Echoes of doctrines ascribed to Brhaspati in the Sanskrit-Old Javanese Vrhaspatitattva
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Brhaspati is one of the earliest historical figures of the Śaiva Siddhānta. Although his works have not survived to us, fragments of textual evidence are found as˙ quotations scattered over the Śaiva commentarial literature. ese fragments have been gathered and thoroughly discussed in a recent article by Alexis Sanderson (), who has tentatively dated Brhaspati to the period between and . Drawing upon the data presented by Sanderson, I will compare some doctrinal˙ themes ascribed...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Acri, Andrea | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:53:11Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0019-7246 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/27751 | |
dc.description.abstract | Brhaspati is one of the earliest historical figures of the Śaiva Siddhānta. Although his works have not survived to us, fragments of textual evidence are found as˙ quotations scattered over the Śaiva commentarial literature. ese fragments have been gathered and thoroughly discussed in a recent article by Alexis Sanderson (), who has tentatively dated Brhaspati to the period between and . Drawing upon the data presented by Sanderson, I will compare some doctrinal˙ themes ascribed to Brhaspati with similar ones found in the Sanskrit-Old Javanese Śaiva text Vrhaspatitattva˙ and argue that Brhaspati’s works might have been known in the pre-Islamic Indonesian Archipelago. | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers | |
dc.source | Indo-Iranian Journal | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Abhinavagupta; Brahmayamala; Brhaspati; Brhaspatipada; Dharma Patanjala; Haravijaya; Jayaratha; Ksemaraja; Matanga; Maya; Old Javanese; Paœupatism; Patanjala; Patanjali; Ramakantha; Ratnakara; Rauravasutrasangraha; Rauravavarttika; Rudras; Saiva Siddhanta; Saivism; Sivatanu; Srikantha; Sadyojyotis; Sarvajnanottara; Siddhantatantras; Svayambhuvasutrasangraha; Tantraloka; Tattvajnana; Vidyeœvaras; Vrhaspatitattva | |
dc.title | Glimpses of Early Saiva Siddhanta. Echoes of doctrines ascribed to Brhaspati in the Sanskrit-Old Javanese Vrhaspatitattva | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 54 | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 220406 - Studies in Eastern Religious Traditions | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4632067xPUB53 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Acri, Andrea, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 209 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 229 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1163/001972411X552508 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-12-27T07:34:18Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-80051673771 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000208793000001 | |
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