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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ; volume 15
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Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Matter / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Formulations: The System of Human Marks in Jyotiḥśāstra / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Reformulations: The System of Human Marks in the Purāṇas / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Consolidations: The System of Human Marks in the Nibandhas, Kāmaśāstra and Ratiśāstra / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Assimilations: Independent Treatises on the System of Human Marks: Sāmudrikaśāstra / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Numerology in the Indian System of Human Marks / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Texts and Translations / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṛa Chapter I Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṛa Chapter II Śtrīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bq̣hatsaṃhitā 68 (67) Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bq̣hatsaṃhitā 70 (69) Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter I (Puruṛalakṛaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter II (Strīlakṛaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Śārdūlakarṇāvadānam (Divyāvadāna 33) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agnipurāṇa 243 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agni Purāṇa 244 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṛṇudharmottarapurāṇa 2.8 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṛṇudharmottara Purāṇa 2.9 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.63 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.64 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.65 Narastrīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.5 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.24 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.25 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.26 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.27 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.28 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa 37 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Anaṅgaraṅga, Chapter 8 Strīpuruṛasāmānyasāmudrikalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṛa Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṛa Chapter I Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṛa Chapter II Śtrīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bq̣hatsaṃhitā Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bq̣hatsaṃhitā 68 (67) Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bq̣hatsaṃhitā 70 (69) Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter I (Puruṛalakṛaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter II (Strīlakṛaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Śārdūlakarṇāvadānam (Divyāvadāna 33) Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Śārdūlakarṇāvadānam (Divyāvadāna 33) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agni- and Viṛṇudharmottara Purāṇas Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agnipurāṇa 243 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agnipurāṇa 244 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṛṇudharmottarapurāṇa 2.8 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṛṇudharmottarapurāṇa 2.9 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.63 Puruṛalakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.64 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.65 Narastrīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṛyapurāṇa 1.5 Strīlakṛaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk. |
| Summary |
In The Indian System of Human Marks , Zysk offers a literary history of the Indian system of knowledge, which details divination by means of the marks on the bodies of both men and women. In addition to a historical analysis, the work includes texts and translations of the earliest treatises in Sanskrit. This is followed by a detailed philological analysis of the texts and annotations to the translations. The history follows the Indian system's evolution from its roots in ancient Mesopotamian collections of omen on the human body to modern-day practice in Rajasthan in the north and Tamilnadu in the south. A special feature of the book is Zysk's edition and translation of the earliest textual collection of the system in the Gargīyajyotiṛa from the 1st century CE. The system of human marks is one of the few Indian textual sources that links ancient India with the antique cultures of Mesopotamia and Greece. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Omens -- Religious aspects.
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Omens -- Religious aspects. |
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Human body -- Religious aspects.
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Human body -- Religious aspects. |
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Divination -- India -- History.
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India. |
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History. |
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Divination. |
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
E.J. Brill (Firm).
BRILL2015FL.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zysk, Kenneth G. Indian System of Human Marks (2 vols). Leiden : BRILL, ©2015 9789004299726 |
| ISBN |
9004299823 (electronic book) |
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9789004299825 (electronic book) |
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9789004299726 |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004299825 |
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