Preface xi
List of Figures and Tables xii
Notes on Contributors xiv
A Note on Alexis Sanderson and Indology xxv
Dominic Goodall and Harunaga Isaacson
Bibliography of the Published Works of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson
(1983–2019) xxxi
Introduction 1
Dominic Goodall, Shaman Hatley, Harunaga Isaacson
and Srilata Raman
Part 1
Early Śaivism
1 From Mantramārga Back to Atimārga: Atimārga as a Self-referential Term 15
Peter C. Bisschop
2 Why Are the Skull-Bearers (Kāpālikas) Called Soma? 33
Judit Törzsök
3 Dressing for Power: On vrata, caryā, and vidyāvrata in the Early Mantramārga, and on the Structure of the Guhyasūtra of the
Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā 47
Dominic Goodall
Part 2
Exegetical and Philosophical Traditions
4 Further Thoughts on Rāmakaṇṭha’s Relationship to Earlier Positions in the Buddhist-Brāhmaṇical Ātman Debate 87
Alex Watson
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5 Some Hitherto Unknown Fragments of Utpaladeva’s Vivṛti (II): Against the Existence of External Objects 106
Isabelle Ratié
6 Alchemical Metaphors for Spiritual Transformation in Abhinavagupta’s Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī and Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 144 Christopher D. Wallis
7 On Vāgīśvarakīrti’s Influence in Kashmir and among the Khmer 170 Péter-Dániel Szántó
8 Reflections on the King of Ascetics (Yatirāja): Rāmānuja in the Devotional Poetry of Vedānta Deśika 194
Srilata Raman
Part 3
Religion, the State, and Social History
9 Not to Worry, Vasiṣṭha Will Sort It Out: The Role of the Purohita in the Raghuvaṃśa 217
Csaba Dezső
10 Buddhism, Kingship and the Protection of the State: The
Suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtra and Dhāraṇī Literature 234
Gergely Hidas
11 Adapting Śaiva Tantric Initiation for Exoteric Circles: Lokadharmiṇī Dīkṣā and Its History in Early Medieval Sources 249
Nina Mirnig
12 Innovation and Social Change in the Vale of Kashmir, circa
900–1250C.E. 283
John Nemec
13 Toward a History of the Navarātra, the Autumnal Festival of the Goddess 321
Bihani Sarkar
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Part 4
Mantra, Ritual, and Yoga
14 Śārikā’s Mantra 349
Jürgen Hanneder
15 The Kāmasiddhistuti of King Vatsarāja 364
Diwakar Acharya
16 The Lotus Garland (padmamālā) and Cord of Power (śaktitantu): The Brahmayāmala’s Integration of Inner and Outer Ritual 387
Shaman Hatley
17 The Amṛtasiddhi: Haṭhayoga’s Tantric Buddhist Source Text 409 James Mallinson
18 A Sexual Ritual with Māyā in Matsyendrasaṃhitā 40 426
Csaba Kiss
19 Haṭhayoga’s Floruit on the Eve of Colonialism 451
Jason Birch
Part 5
Art and Architecture
20 The Early Śaiva Maṭha: Form and Function 483
Libbie Mills
21 The Kriyāsaṃgrahapañjikā of Kuladatta and Its Parallels in the Śaiva Pratiṣṭhātantras 507
Ryugen Tanemura
22 Mañjuśrī as Ādibuddha: The Identity of an Eight-Armed Form of Mañjuśrī Found in Early Western Himalayan Buddhist Art in the Light of Three Nāmasaṃgīti-Related Texts 539
Anthony Tribe
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23 Life and Afterlife of Sādṛśya: Revisiting the Citrasūtra through the Nationalism-Naturalism Debate in Indian Art History 569
Parul Dave-Mukherji
Index 589