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| CONTENTS:- Preface; Introduction: Saivism, Religion, Culture, System; Text and Translation of Ajitamahatantra; Volume-I (Patala I - XVIII); Patala I, The descent of Tantra-s; Patala II, The nature of Siva; Patala III, The process of birth of the Linga; Patala IV, The process of characterizing the Linga; Patala V, The process of collecting stones etc.; Patala VI, Description of sites; Patala VII, The rite of ploughing; Patala VIII, The process of worshipping the Site-Spirit; Patala IX, The process of installing the gnomon; Patala X, The process of placing the first bricks; Patala XI, The rules concerning the temple-base; Patala XII, The process of characterizing the temple; Patala XIII, The rules concerning the wall-base; Patala XIV, The characteristics of the pillars etc.; Patala XV, The process of placing the head-bricks; Patala XVI, The characteristics of the pedestal; Patala XVII, The process of the innermost deposit; Patala XVIII, The process of installation of the Linga; Volume-II (Patala XIX - XXXV); Patala XIX, The process of ablutions; Patala XX, The process of worship; Patala XXI, The process of fire ritual; Patala XXII, The process of preparing the auxiliaries of worship; Patala XXIII, The process of waving lights; Patala XXIV, The process of illumination; Patala XXV, The process of the daily festival; Patala XXVI, The process of characterizing mudra-s; Patala XXVII, The process of the great festival; Patala XXVIII, The process of the swing-festival; Patala XXIX: The process of the bathing ceremony; Patala XXX, The process of the special worship; Patala XXXI, The process of the milk ablution; Patala XXXII, The Process of heaping up substances on the Linga; Patala XXXIII, The process of the ablution of clarified butter.; Patala XXXIV, The process of the cool ablution; Patala XXXV, The process of the offering of sprouts; Volume-III (Patala XXXVI - LXVI); Patala XXXVI, The process of characterizing icon; Patala XXXVII, The process of characterizing of pavilions; Patala XXXVIII, The process of Characterising of compounds; Patala XXXIX, The rule about the entourage-shrines; Patala XL, The process of installation of icons; Patala XLI, The process of installation of icons with the Goddess,…; Patala XLII, The process of installation of Siva with Visnu and Brahman; Patala XLIII, The process of installation with Uma, Sriu, Visnu; Patala XLIV, The process of installation of Half-Hari; Patala XLV, The process of installation of Ardhanarisvara; Patala XLVI, The process of installation of the Lord of bulls; Patala XLVII, The process of installation of Brahman; Patala XLVIII, The process of installation of the Mothers; Patala XLIX, The process of installation of Vinayaka; Patala L, The process of installation of Skanda; Patala LI, The process of installation of Candesa; Patala LII, The process of installation of Jyestha; Patala LIII, The process of installation of Durga; Patala LIV, The process of installation of Surya; Patala LV, The process of installation of Ksetrapala; Patala LVI, The process of installation of the surrounding deities; Patala LVII, The process of installation of Visnu; Patala LVIII, The process of installation of Sarasvati; Patala LIX, The process of installation of the trident; Patala LX, The process of installation of the tower deities; Patala LXI, The process of installation of golaka etc.; Patala LXII, The process of installation of a devotee; Patala LXIII, The process of installation of a devotee; Patala LXIV, The process of installation and festival of Sastr; Patala LXV, The installation of the seven Kanya-s; Patala LXVI, The installation of Kanyaka- Paramesvari; Volume-IV (Patala XIX - XXXV); Patala LXVII, The process of the spring festival; Patala LXVIII, The process of the light-festival of Krttika-s; Patala LXIX, The process of the sraddha festival; Patala LXX, The bath festival; Patala LXXI, The process of Gauri festival; Patala LXXII, The process of offering of firstlings; Patala LXXIII, The process of worship of Siva with kala-s; Patala LXXIV, The process of worship of the enjoying aspect [of Sakti]; Patala LXXV, The process of donation of a bull; Patala LXXVI, The process of circumambulation and salutation; Patala LXXVII, The process of diksa; Patala LXXVIII, The characterization of the acarya; Patala LXXIX, The process of the five cow-products; Patala LXXX, The process of the five ambrosias; Patala LXXXI, The process of the construction of the temple-car; Patala LXXXII, The process of ordeals; Patala LXXXIII, The pacification of portents; Patala LXXXIV, The process of renovation; Patala LXXXV, The process of sprinkling; Patala LXXXVI, The process of installation of Linga's socle; Patala LXXXVII, The process of atonement of faults; Patala LXXXVIII, The process of purification of the arcaka; Patala LXXXIX, The purification of places; Glossary of substances; Index of half-stanzas; Volume-V; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Illustrations. |
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| The Hindu temple is the seat of a full culture including material commodities and services, arts ranging from cooking and flower decoration, to music and philosophy. To conceive, build, organize, manage, maintain such a privileged site of culture an authentic and well-thought out theory and guidance is required. Sanskrit Agamic literature plays this role. The Saiva religion is based on a set of twenty-eight Tantra-s. The Ajitajahatantra is the fifth in a traditional list, a lengthy text, which invites the reader to approach the Saiva religion in a form, which probably goes back to the Cola period and is definitely located in Tamilnadu. In eighty-nine chapters, it offers a systematic account of the installation of Linga starting from the selection of the stone and construction of the temple to the great ceremony of installation of the deity. Thereafter it deals extensively with the daily worship, festivals and occasional rituals, with iconography, subsidiary rituals, as well as the rites of atonement of faults and failures. The present publication in five volumes is the second revised critical edition with English translation and annotation. Wherever possible, descriptions have been illustrated with theoretical drawings or photographs of actual monuments and icons. |
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