Title The Indian system of human marks / with editions, translations and annotations by Kenneth G. Zysk

Published Leiden : Brill, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource Series Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ; volume 15 Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series (Brill Academic Publishers) ; v. 15. 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 -- Gārgīyajyotiṣa Chapter I Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṣa Chapter II Śtrīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bṛhatsaṃhitā 68 (67) Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bṛhatsaṃhitā 70 (69) Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter I (Puruṣalakṣaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter II (Strīlakṣaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Śārdūlakarṇāvadānam (Divyāvadāna 33) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agnipurāṇa 243 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agni Purāṇa 244 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa 2.8 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa 2.9 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.63 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.64 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.65 Narastrīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.5 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.24 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.25 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.26 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.27 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.28 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Skandapurāṇa, Kāśīkhaṇḍa 37 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Anaṅgaraṅga, Chapter 8 Strīpuruṣasāmānyasāmudrikalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṣa Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṣa Chapter I Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Gārgīyajyotiṣa Chapter II Śtrīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bṛhatsaṃhitā Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bṛhatsaṃhitā 68 (67) Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bṛhatsaṃhitā 70 (69) Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter I (Puruṣalakṣaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Utpala's Samudra Chapter II (Strīlakṣaṇam) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Śārdūlakarṇāvadānam (Divyāvadāna 33) Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Śārdūlakarṇāvadānam (Divyāvadāna 33) / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agni- and Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇas Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agnipurāṇa 243 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Agnipurāṇa 244 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa 2.8 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa 2.9 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.63 Puruṣalakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.64 Strīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Garuḍapurāṇa 1.65 Narastrīlakṣaṇam / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa Introduction / Kenneth G. Zysk -- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 1.5 Strīlakṣaṇam / 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 Gargīyajyotiṣa 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 31, 2015) Subject Omens -- Religious aspects. Human body -- Religious aspects. Divination -- India -- History BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- General. Divination Human body -- Religious aspects Omens -- Religious aspects India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author E.J. Brill (Firm) BRILL2015FL ISBN 9004299823 9789004299825

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