This work examines a medieval Sanskrit text, the Netra Tantra, which is devoted to health and healing through a yogic practice dedicated to the chanting of mantras, the building of mandalas, and meditation. It discusses the nature and efficacy of these practices and explores non-medical routes to the alleviation of pain, illness, and even death. A focal point of the study is the iconography of the deity Amrtesa (non-death), also known as Mrtyujit or Mrtyuñjaya (Conqueror of Death), a deity who continues to be popular today among those seeking to ease physical suffering.
This work examines a medieval Sanskrit text, the Netra Tantra, which is devoted to health and healing through a yogic practice dedicated to the chanting of mantras, the building of mandalas, and meditation. It discusses the nature and efficacy of these practices and explores non-medical routes to the alleviation of pain, illness, and even death. A focal point of the study is the iconography of the deity Amrtesa (non-death), also known as Mrtyujit or Mrtyuñjaya (Conqueror of Death), a deity who continues to be popular today among those seeking to ease physical suffering.
Patricia Sauthoff is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Alberta and the ERC-funded AyurYog project. She received her PhD from SOAS, University of London, in South Asian Languages and Cultures. Her research focuses on health and immortality in the tantric and rasasastric traditions. She is particularly interested in the role women played in medieval ritual and health practices.
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* Preface * Introduction * A. Summary * B. Importance of Study * Chapter One: Mantra * I. Om Jum Sah: decoding the mantra * A. Overview of Tantric mantras * B. Encoding the mantra: NT 2.17-33 * II. Language, the Body, and Mantra * A. The Nature of Mantra * B. Mantric Physicality: Siva, anu, and consciousness, NT 21.1-19 * C. The Mrtyuñjaya Mantra: Exposition on the components of om jum sah NT 22.5-18 * Chapter Two: Iconography * I. Iconography: the various forms of Ametesa * A. Visual representations in art history * B. The mythology of Siva * II. Mrtyujit in literature * A. Worshipping Amrtesa * B. Deities in the Netra Tantra * Chapter Three: Mandalas * I. Mandala: locating the divine in the physical world * II. Conclusion * Chapter Four: Diksa * I. Creating the Tantric Identity * II. Caste: initiation and purity * III. Purity and Interpretation: auspicious and inauspicious in the Svacchanda Tantra * Chapter Five: Nirajana * I. Diksa: building a new identity through initiation * A. Transgression: the benefits of breaking the rules * II. Religion of Monarchs * A. Kings, Poets and Patronage * B. Protecting the King: Netra Tantra 19.84-133 * C. Private nirajana: Netra Tantra 15.1-19a * III. Conclusion * Chapter Six: Yoga * I. Conquering Death Through Ritual * A. Impurities, Kapalikas, and Exorcism * B. Vanquishing Death: mrtyu vañcana * II. Sthula Yoga * A. Maintaining the Physical Body * B. Easing the Pain of Death and Disease * C. Mandalas of Protection * D. Mantra and Color * III. Visualizing Amrta: Svacchanda Tantra 7.207-225 * IV. Conclusion * Conclusion
* Preface * Introduction * A. Summary * B. Importance of Study * Chapter One: Mantra * I. Om Jum Sah: decoding the mantra * A. Overview of Tantric mantras * B. Encoding the mantra: NT 2.17-33 * II. Language, the Body, and Mantra * A. The Nature of Mantra * B. Mantric Physicality: Siva, anu, and consciousness, NT 21.1-19 * C. The Mrtyuñjaya Mantra: Exposition on the components of om jum sah NT 22.5-18 * Chapter Two: Iconography * I. Iconography: the various forms of Ametesa * A. Visual representations in art history * B. The mythology of Siva * II. Mrtyujit in literature * A. Worshipping Amrtesa * B. Deities in the Netra Tantra * Chapter Three: Mandalas * I. Mandala: locating the divine in the physical world * II. Conclusion * Chapter Four: Diksa * I. Creating the Tantric Identity * II. Caste: initiation and purity * III. Purity and Interpretation: auspicious and inauspicious in the Svacchanda Tantra * Chapter Five: Nirajana * I. Diksa: building a new identity through initiation * A. Transgression: the benefits of breaking the rules * II. Religion of Monarchs * A. Kings, Poets and Patronage * B. Protecting the King: Netra Tantra 19.84-133 * C. Private nirajana: Netra Tantra 15.1-19a * III. Conclusion * Chapter Six: Yoga * I. Conquering Death Through Ritual * A. Impurities, Kapalikas, and Exorcism * B. Vanquishing Death: mrtyu vañcana * II. Sthula Yoga * A. Maintaining the Physical Body * B. Easing the Pain of Death and Disease * C. Mandalas of Protection * D. Mantra and Color * III. Visualizing Amrta: Svacchanda Tantra 7.207-225 * IV. Conclusion * Conclusion
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