Publication of Tantrikabhidhanakosa II

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It is my pleasure to announce the following publication:

 

Tantrikabhidhanakosa II. Dictionnaire des termes techniques de la

littérature hindoue tantrique - A Dictionary of Technical Terms from

Hindu Tantric Literature - Wörterbuch zur Terminologie hinduistischer

Tantren - sous la direction de H. BRUNNER, G. OBERHAMMER, A. PADOUX.

(Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische

Klasse, Sitzungsberichte 714 = Beiträge zur Kultur- und

Geistesgeschichte Asiens 44). Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie

der Wissenschaften, 2004. Price: EUR 55,40.

 

The book is the second volume of a dictionary to the technical

terminology of the literature of Hindu tantrism hitherto ignored in

Sanskrit lexicography. Continuing the policies established in the first

volume published by the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften in

2000, it provides translations of Sanskrit terms into French, English

and German, explanations covering their meaning and usage, and

references to Saiva and Vaisnava primary sources. The main authors,

besides the editors, are D. Goodall, T. Goudriaan, M. Rastelli and J.

Törzsök. Other collaborators are Ch. Bouy, G. Colas, M.

Cerniak-Drozdzowicz and R. Torella. This second volume comprises some

730 entries to the letters k to d (cerebral) of the Sanskrit alphabet,

together with introductory comments by the editors and Corrigenda et

Addenda to the first volume. Three further volumes are planned.

 

For online order see

 

http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/index.phtml?act=ps&aref=2298

<http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/index.phtml?act=ps&aref=2298>

 

For detailed information on the Tantrikabhidhanakosa project see

 

http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ias/tantra/index.htm

 

Yours sincerely,

Marion Rastelli

 

Mag.Dr. Marion Rastelli

Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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A-1030 Wien

Austria

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