PDNRL No. 15 Gudrun Bühnemann: Pūjā. A Study in Smārta Ritual. Vienna 1988, 253p. EUR 32.-
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Contents
Introduction (7)
Bibliography (13)
Abbreviations (27)
I. General Remarks (29)
The Term Pūjā (29)
Textual Sources (31)
1. Normative Texts (32)
Excursus: Contents of the PP (37)
2. Descriptive Texts (43)
Objects of Pūjā (43)
Time for Pūjā (55)
Authorization to Perform Pūjā (56)
Preparations for Pūjā (58)
Domestic Worship and Temple Worship (62)
Number and Kind of Services (63)
Mantras (67)
1. Mantras from the Vedic Literature (67)
2. Other Mantras and Hymns (69)
Deficiencies in Worship and Atonements (71)
Pūjā and Karmakāṇḍa (79)
Excursus: A Note on the Place of Pūjā in the Bhakti System (81)
Aims of Pūjā (83)
A Note on Mental Pūjā (88)
Modern Trends (93)
II. Daily Pūjā (101)
Preliminary Remarks (101)
Table of Services (102)
Text, Translation and Commentary (103)
III. Occasional Pūjā (183)
General Characteristics (183)
Important Constituent Parts (191)
1. Infusion with Life (191)
2. Pūjā of the Limbs of the Idol (195)
3. Pūjā with Leaves and Flowers (196)
4. Kathā (196)
5. Pūjā of the Brahmin (197)
6. Dismissal (200)
Examples of Occasional Pūjās (200)
1. Satyanārāyaṇavrata (200)
2. Ṛṣipañcamīvrata (213)
3. Anantacaturdaśīvrata (221)
Appendix (229)
Illustrations to Part I, II and III
Illustrations of Pūjā-Utensils
Description of the Illustrations (231)
List of Marāthī Names of the Pūjā-Utensils (235)
Indices (237)
General Index (243)
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