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Words of destiny practicing astrology in North India /
Investigates the professional practices of astrologers in urban India and their popularity among the educated middle and upper classes.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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