Electronic Publication/s monograph 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: Asian Studies refereed - online - print

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