Re: [INDOLOGY] Another new title jointly published by the Institut Français de Pondichéry/Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient/Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg

[Harry Spier]

Is it possible to order EFEO publications from a distributor in Canada or
is it necessary to order them from the EFEO in India?

Thanks,
Harry Spier

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 2:26 AM, Anurupa Naik <anurupa.n at ifpindia.org>
wrote:

>   *JUST RELEASED*
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> *The Brahmayāmalatantra or Picumata. Volume II. The Religious Observances
> and Sexual Rituals of the Tantric Practitioner: Chapters 3, 21, and 45.*
>
> A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by *Csaba Kiss*, Collection
> Indologie n˚ 130; Early Tantra Series n˚ 3, Institut Français de Pondichéry
> / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität
> Hamburg, 373 p.
>
> Language: Sanskrit, English. *750 Rs (32 €). * ISBN: 978-81-8470-207-1
> (IFP) / 978-2-85539-153-3 (EFEO).
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> The *Brahmayāmalatantra* (aka *Picumata*) is probably one of the earliest
> surviving Śaiva tantras, and possibly the earliest one known to us of the
> Bhairavatantra tradition. The present volume contains a critical edition
> and annotated translation of three of its chapters: one on the central
> *maṇḍala* of the cult, one on preliminary religious observances (*vrata*)
> prescribed for all practitioners (*sādhaka*), and one on instructions for
> each individual category of *sādhaka* — instructions on transgressive
> sexual rituals for the Tālaka, on strict rules of conduct for the chaste
> Carubhojin, and on a combination of these for the Mixed Practitioner. This
> unique system of *sādhaka*s marks an early phase in the development of
> classification of practitioners seeking liberation and magical powers, and
> gives us an insight into the tantric world of extremes: of rule-bound
> sexual encounters involving several female partners and highly impure
> substances on the one hand, and of asceticism, strict vegetarianism and
> chastity on the other.
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> The introduction deals with the main topics raised by the selected
> chapters, as well as with problems of the sometimes extremely non-standard
> (Aiśa) Sanskrit that the oldest manuscript transmits. One of the appendices
> provides a summary of the first twenty-five chapters (about one quarter of
> the *Brahmayāmala*) to facilitate further study. The extensive index
> includes all important keywords and all major Aiśa phenomena.
>
> *Keywords:* Mantramārga, Śaivism, Bhairavatantras, Early Tantra,
> Transgressive Sexual Rituals
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> *About the Editor*
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> After studies in Budapest, *Csaba Kiss *obtained his doctorate from
> Oxford University for his edition of selected chapters of the
> *Matsyendrasaṃhitā*, a thirteenth-century Śaiva tantric text on yoga. He
> joined the Early Tantra Project in 2008 to produce this volume, and is
> currently research assistant at ELTE University, Budapest, working on texts
> of the tantric Kubjikā tradition and of the *jātiviveka* genre.
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> *To order, contact:*
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> Institut Français de Pondichéry
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> P. B. 33, 11, St. Louis Street,
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> Pondicherry-605001, INDIA
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> Ph: +91-413-2231660 / 661. Fax: +91 413-2231605
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> E-mail: library at ifpindia.org
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> Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient
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> P.O. Box 151,16 & 19, Dumas Street
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> Pondicherry - 605001,INDIA
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> Ph: +91-413-2334539. Fax +91-413-2330886
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> E-mail: shanti at efeo-pondicherry.org
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> --
> Ms. Anurupa Naik
> Head, Library and Publication Division
> French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP)
> UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MAEE
> P.B. 33
> 11, St. Louis Street
> Pondicherry-605 001, INDIA
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> Tel: 91-413-2231660
> Fax: 91-413-2231605
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