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Homa Variations

The Study of Ritual Change Across the Longue Durée

Herausgeber: Payne, Richard K; Witzel, Michael

Beschreibung

Throughout human history, and across many religious cultures, offerings are made into fire. The essays collected in Homa Variations provide detailed studies of this practice, known in the tantric world as the "homa," from its inception up to the present.

Autor

Richard K. Payne is Dean and Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley. Michael Witzel is Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780199351589
• ISBN-10: 0199351589
• Artikelnr.: 43172109