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Words of destiny [electronic resource] practicing astrology in North India
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| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
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| 서명/저자사항 | Words of destiny [electronic resource] : practicing astrology in North India/ Caterina Guenzi. |
| 개인저자 | Guenzi, Caterina,author. |
| 발행사항 | Albany: State University of New York Press, 2021. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
| 총서사항 | SUNY series in Hindu studies |
| 기타형태 저록 | Original 9781438482019 1438482019 |
| ISBN | 9781438482033 1438482035 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Approaching Astrology: Standpoints -- Astrology in South Asia: The Current State of Research -- Astrology in Banaras: In the Field -- Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Terminology -- Part I Institutions -- Chapter 1 The Many Branches of a Tree: Jyotiṣa as a Scholarly Tradition -- An Auxiliary Discipline -- Cosmological Associations -- Division into Branches -- The Unity of the Discipline -- Local Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Professors and Prophecies: Astrology at Universities in Banaras -- Debating "Useful Knowledge" Astrology as a Vedic Science -- Departments at Work -- Research and Rewriting -- Chapter 3 Sacred Specialists, Modern Professionals: Astrologers between the Temple and the Office -- A Syncretic Professional Identity -- Pandits and Doctors -- Temple, Home, and Office -- Plates -- Part II Readings -- Chapter 4 Horoscopes and Truth: Divinatory Techniques and Their Applications -- The Horoscope -- The Question -- Auspicious Times -- The Hand, the Body -- Truth of the Horoscope, Reality of Facts -- Chapter 5 Karma and Bhāgya: The Idea of Destiny in Astrological Consultations Astrology and the Theory of Karma: Antagonism and Complementarity -- The Allotted Share: The Semantics of Bhāgya -- Finding Out the "Lot" -- Destiny's Fluctuations: Daśās (Periods) and Yogs (Planetary Conjunctions) -- Human Mistakes, Cosmic Flaws -- Chapter 6 Shared Destinies: Kinship Connections in Horoscope Reading -- Brothers and Sisters -- Parents and Children -- Husband and Wife -- Saṃbandhit Jyotiṣ, "Connected Astrology" -- Part III Treatments -- Chapter 7 Astrology and Possession: Planetary Influence and Middle-Class Afflictions -- Idioms of Suffering Quarrels and Marriage: Mars and the Maṅgal Doṣ -- Sāṛhe Sātī and Saturnian Business -- Of Snakes and Demons: The Kāl Sarp Doṣ -- Chapter 8 More or Less Effective: Remedies and Efficacy -- Price and Efficacy -- Gods and Planets -- Tantric Remedies and the Astrologer's Siddhi -- "Vedic" and "Tantric" Methods -- The Power of Stones: Rays and Radiations -- Conclusion -- The Future of Astrologers -- Annex: Bachelor's and Master's Syllabi in Jyotiṣa at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) -- Bachelor's (Śāstrī Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa) Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Master's (Ācārya Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa) -- Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| 통일서명 | Discours du destin.English |
| 일반주제명 | Hindu astrology --Social aspects --India --Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) Predictive astrology. Astrologers --India --Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
| 언어 | Translated from the French. |
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