Mrgendragama. Section des rites et section du comportement. Avec la Vrtti de Bhattanarayanakantha

by Hélène Brunner-Lachaux

The Mr?gendr?gama is a ?aiva treatise in Sanskrit of the ?aivasiddh?nta school of thought. It had a considerable following, and a commentary was written upon it in the 10th century A.D. by N?r?yan?akan?t?ha. It has been much cited by teachers of both dualist and non-dualist schools. It is one of the rare ?gamas to have retained all four parts of which these texts are often supposed to be constituted: section on doctrine (vidy? or jñ?nap?da), on rites (kriy?p?da), on yoga and on discipline or conduct (cary?p?da). It deals solely with private worship (and not public rituals in temples). The present volume is a translation into French of the kriy? and cary?p?da. An English summary is included.