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- Title
Cakra System and Tantric Ritual in Vīraśaivism.
- Authors
Glasbrenner, Eva-Maria
- Abstract
The tantric aspect of Vīraśaivism is unknown not only in Western Indological and religious studies discourses: Also the inter-intrareligious discourse of present day forms of South Indian Vīraśaivism ignores this dimension. The Śivānubhavasūtra of Māyideva, a text from the fifteenth century that has until now not yet been translated into any Western language, places tantric ritual at the centre of religious self-realisation as an instrument of liberation. The system of cakras is here connected with the specifically Vīraśaiva ṣaṭsthala doctrine, and further correlations with various elements in the world of sensuous experience are indicated through an intricate system of correspondences. Thus, a complex set of instructions is given for the transformation of the individual, in which he overcomes duality and experiences unity with Śiva (śivaikya). Māyideva's scholastic text thus not only reveals basic aspects of Vīraśaiva esoteric thought but could also contribute significantly to tantric research and to the dating of other Śaiva tantric texts.
- Subjects
CHAKRA (Hinduism); LINGAYATS; TANTRISM; MORITA duality; ESOTERICISM; SAIVITES
- Publication
Journal of Hindu Studies, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 2, p180
- ISSN
1756-4255
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jhs/hiv022