Universal Śaivism - The Appeasement of All Gods and Powers in the Śāntyadhyāya of the Śivadharmaśāstra

In Universal Śaivism Peter Bisschop provides a critical edition and annotated translation of the sixth chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra `Treatise on the Religion of Śiva', the so-called Śāntyadhyāya `Chapter on Appeasement'. The Sanskrit text is preceded by an extensive introduction on its composition, transmission and edition.

About the author

Peter Bisschop, Ph.D. (2004), is Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia at Leiden University. He has published extensively on early Brahmanical Hinduism, including Early Śaivism and the Skandapurāṇa: Sects and Centres (Egbert Forsten, 2006).

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bisschop
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2018
• EAN: 9789004382466
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38246-6
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Gonda Indological Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions