Sakta Tantric Traditions of Kerala in the Process of Change: Some Notes on Raudra-Mahartha Sampradaya
In this paper I shall propose some hypotheses that have emerged from my fieldwork on the so-called sakta Tantra of Kerala (also known locally as Raudra or Mahartha). This Hindu tantric tradition weds ritualistic practices of Kashmirian Saivism (Krama-Trika) with the folk beliefs of Kerala. It could...
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语言: | English |
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Equinox
2020
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2020, 卷: 14, 发布: 1/2, Pages: 150–175 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kerala
/ Schaktismus
/ 怛特罗密教
/ 区域认同
/ 宗教变迁
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
Further subjects: | B
Mahārtha
B Tantra B Krama B Goddess B 沙克达教 B Kerala |
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总结: | In this paper I shall propose some hypotheses that have emerged from my fieldwork on the so-called sakta Tantra of Kerala (also known locally as Raudra or Mahartha). This Hindu tantric tradition weds ritualistic practices of Kashmirian Saivism (Krama-Trika) with the folk beliefs of Kerala. It could be said that the sakta (sakteyam in Malayalam) Brahmins of Malabar are representatives of the Mahartha Tantra of Kerala. I intend to shed some light on the sakta tradition and compare the data from my fieldwork with the scriptural tradition. Therefore, I would like to present here some of my observations from reading the ritual texts of the sakta Tantric Brahmins. Their ritualistic handbook (preserved in the form of a palm-leaf manuscript) forms a detailed ritual manual composed in a mixture of Sanskrit and Malayalam. Interestingly, the ritual directions are given sometimes in Sanskrit and other times in Malayalam, but most often in a combination of both languages. Being primarily goddess-oriented, the text teaches the reader methods of self empowerment and reaching the enlightened non-dual state through realizing the potencies of Kali. This paper introduces the structure of the ritual handbook and concerns the ritual peculiarities of the modern Tantric practitioners in Kerala. |
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ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.19322 |