Die Tradition Des Pancaratra Im Spiegel Der Paramesvarasamhita [German]

by Marion Rastelli

The Pancaratra is one of the most important Hindu traditions that worship Visnu as the Supreme God. Its beginnings were probably before the Christian era and it is still extant today in certain aspects of the Srivainavas' religion. This volume deals with the development and history of this tradition in the 12th/13th centuries A.D. on the basis of the Paramesvarasamhita, a text written at this period in the Ranganathasvamin Temple in Srirangam (South...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3700136048
• ISBN13: 9783700136040
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
• Length: 614 Pages