Lesser Known Śaiva Initiations: Critical Edition of the Vijñānadīkṣā Chapter of the Hitherto Unpublished Acintyaviśvasādākhyāgama ...
Lesser Known Śaiva Initiations: Critical Edition of the Vijñānadīkṣā Chapter of the Hitherto Unpublished Acintyaviśvasādākhyāgama ...
Author(s): T. GanesanSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Śaiva; initiation; āgama; Śivahood; liberation.
Summary/Abstract: Various Śaivāgamas treat the important rite of dīkṣā in a detailed fashion. The account of different types of dīkṣā expounded in the Acintyaviśvasādākhyāgama is very interesting and seems to be unique in some ways. The present paper briefly discusses Vijñānadīkṣā, one of the lesser known types of dīkṣā, accompanied by a critical edition of the chapter of the Acintyaviśvasādākhyāgama.
Journal: Cracow Indological Studies
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 145-167
- Page Count: 23