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Interpreting the 'Vajra Rosary': 'Truth and Method' Meets Wisdom and Method

Posted on:2012-01-19Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Columbia UniversityCandidate:Kittay, David RFull Text:PDF
GTID:1460390011960144Subject:religion
Abstract/Summary:
This essay, accompanied by the first full English translation of the Vajramala; or Vajra Rosary, one of the explanatory Tantras of the Buddhist Guhyasamaja, or Secret Community, Tantric system, and a partial translation of Alam&dotbelow;kakalasa's Commentary, sets out a novel hermeneutic method by which twenty-first century scholars of religion might approach the interpretation of the Tantra and other texts.
Keywords/Search Tags:Vajra rosary, Method
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