[INDOLOGY] New book jointly published by the Institut Français de Pondichéry, the Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient and the Asien-Afrika Institut, Universität Hamburg

[Anurupa Naik]

*JUST RELEASED*

/*The Brahmayāmalatantra or Picumata. Volume I: Chapters 1–2, 39–40 & 
83. Revelation, Ritual, and Material Culture in an Early Śaiva Tantra.*/

*Shaman Hatley*, Collection Indologie n˚133; Early Tantra Series n˚ 5, 
Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / 
Asien-Afrika Institut, Universität Hamburg, 2018, xiv, 695 p.
Language: Sanskrit, English. *1600 Rs (70 €).* ISBN: 978-81-8470-226-2 
(IFP) / 978-2-85539-231-8 (EFEO)

The/Brahmayāmala/or/Picumata/is one of the earliest surviving 
goddess-oriented (/śākta/)/tantra/s, its core probably dating back to 
the late seventh or early eighth century. Though long forgotten, it is 
thus crucial to understanding the early history of the 
Tantrictraditions.Spanning more than twelve-thousand verses 
and104chapters, this monumental work is transmitted in a beautiful 
Nepalese palm-leaf manuscript of theeleventh century, which forms the 
principal basis for this criticaledition. Complementing volume II, 
edited by Csaba Kiss in the same series, thisvolumeincludes the 
firstpublishededition and annotated translation of five chaptersof 
the/Brahmayāmala/. The volume alsopresents pioneering studies 
ontopicsthesechapters illuminate: Tantric Śaiva conceptions ofrevelation 
and the canon, the history of Tantric coital ritual,the mythology of 
Bhairava,and the iconographyand symbolism of the skull-staff 
(/khaṭvāṅga/). As with other texts published in the Early Tantra Series, 
study of the/Brahmayāmala/helps reshape our knowledge of Tantric Śaivism 
and religion in early medieval India.

*About the author*

After completing an interdisciplinary liberal arts degree at Goddard 
College (1998), *Shaman Hatley* studied Indology and Religious Studies 
at the University of Pennsylvania, completing his doctorate in 2007 
under the direction of Harunaga Isaacson. He taught at Concordia 
University, Montréal, from 2007 to 2015, and is now Associate Professor 
of Asian Studies and Religious Studies at the University of 
Massachusetts Boston. His research concerns Tantric Śaivism, yoga, and 
goddess cults in early medieval India.

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