[INDOLOGY] meru tantra

[Lubomir Ondracka]

Dear Patrick,

for basic information about this text, see Goudriaan - Gupta: Hindu Tantric nad Śākta Literature, p. 98 and Kavirāj: Tāntrik sāhitya, pp. 528-9.

Regarding the date, Goudriaan - Gupta are inconclusive (Although it has more than once been regarded as a late work because the town of London is said to be mentioned in it, it
is possible that at least its core goes further back), as is Alexis Sanderson (the Merutantra, a work composed or at least completed in its present form after the arrival of the British in India).

There is a couple of editions (the latest one is probably this one: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/917764869), but I am afraid there is no searchable text available.

Best,
Lubomir


On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 21:27:37 +1000
patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> 
> Does anyone have or know where I could find a copy of the meru tantra? I
> know nothing about this text. When was it composed? I have looked on
> gretil, muktabodha, archive, google,wikipedia, but no luck.
> 
> The searchable archives on Indology came up with not much:
> http://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology_list.indology.info/2004-September/028666.html
> apart from a suggestion it was written in the 8th century.
> 
> 
> I would like a searchable document ideally.
> An organisation I am studying at the moment keeps referring to it for the
> definition of a 'Hindu'.
> 
> 
> From their website:
> 
> The Holy text the *Merutantra *defines the word Hindu (हिंदु) as हीनानि
> गुणानि दूषयति इति हिंदु । (*hinaani gunaani dushyati iti Hindu*)'. ‘हीनानि
> गुणानि दूषयति’  means that which destroys (*dushyati*) the base and
> inferior (*hin*)* Raja *and *Tama* components (*gun*). Thus Hinduism is an
> attitude. It means being a seeker. If one is a seeker enriched with the
> *Sattva* component which destroys the *Raja* and *Tama* components then one
> is certainly a Hindu. By this definition, a seeker belonging to any
> religion, can be considered a Hindu. Hence the Hindu religion, in a real
> sense, views all religions with equality.
> 
> http://forumforhinduawakening.org/understanding/synonyms-dharma
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Patrick McCartney, PhD
> School of Culture, History & Language
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