The Hevajra Tantra: A Critical Study - Couverture rigide

Snellgrove, David L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0197135161 ISBN 13 : 9780197135167

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1959

Synopsis

The Hevajra Tantra became the first major Buddhist Tantra to be translated in its entirety into a Western language when David Snellgrove published his The Hevajra Tantra: A Critical Study in 1959.This work is in two volumes, the first volume containing his introduction including an "apology" explaining why such a text is worthy of study (apparently because of the unsavory reputation the tantras had acquired in the West early in the 20th century. Writing in 1959 he was able to say "There is still a tendency to regard them as something corrupt, as belonging to the twilight of Buddhism") and his slightly bowdlerized English translation (showing that, perhaps subconsciously, he did feel conflicted about some of the contents). The second volume contains his editions of the Sanskrit and Tibetan texts (the Tibetan text being taken from the snar thang Kengyur) as well as a Sanskrit text of the Yogaratnamālā.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1959
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0197135161
• ISBN 13: 9780197135167
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; Italie