Diptagama - Volume II

Diptagama is one of the 28 canonical treatises pertaining to the Southern saivite school known as saivasiddhanta. It deems itself a treatise on installations. The critical edition of this hitherto unpublished text relies on manuscripts kept in the library of the French Institute of Pondicherry. The present edition will comprise 3 volumes. The first volume released in 2004 deals with mantras, installation of the main Lin?ga in the temple, and even more with architecture and iconography. The second volume is centred on rituals, mainly for the installation of statues, but several chapters also deal with daily ceremonies, fire ritual, baths, etc. In both the volumes, the Sanskrit text is followed by a chapterwise summary aimed at facilitating the reading of the chapters