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SCHNEIDER Johannes
Vagisvarakirtis Mrtyuvancanopadesa, eine buddhistische Lehrschrift zur Abwehr des Todes

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Publisher: VÖAW
Format: 299 Seiten,  29,7x21cm, broschiert
Serial:  Denkschriften der philosophisch-historischen Klasse  394
Serial:  Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens  66
ISBN13: 978-3-7001-6722-8

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Vāgīśvarakīrti was an Indian scholar of the 10th/11th century and one
of the great Tantric masters of his time. He reckoned among the
so-called "six doorkeepers", eminent teachers of the Buddhist
monastery of Vikramaśīla. The Mṛtyuvañcanopadeśa "Treatise on Cheating
Death" is his major work.

The text describes various omens and oracles to predict the end of
one’s life, followed by a compendium of religious practices to escape
death. To reach longevity especially White Tara is evoked. According
to Tibetan tradition this deity is a personal revelation of Vāgīśvarakīrti. In
transmitting her practice to Tibet the Indian scholar Atiśa used
Vāgīśvarakīrti’s treatise and translated it together with
Rin-chen-bzaṅ-po into the Tibetan language.
This publication presents the first complete translation of the
Mṛtyuvañcanopadeśa.  The Sanskrit and Tibetan texts based on Nepalese
manuscripts and Tibetan xylographs are critically edited and
annotated.  Interlinear notes, charts and minor related texts from the
Tengyur are included.  Philological, cultural and religious aspects
are discussed in the introductory study.  Complete word indices of
both the Sanskrit and the Tibetan versions are enclosed in the
appendix. more...

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