图书信息：

Ronald M. Davidson & Ron Davidson. Indian Esoteric Buddhism:A Social History of the Tantric Movement, Columbia University Press, 2003.

内容简介：

Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism the historical origins of Buddhsit thought and practice remain obscure.This work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement and in some ways an example of the feudalization of Indian society. Drawing on primary documents from sanskrit, prakrit, tibetan, Bengali, and chinese author shows how changes in medieval Indian society, including economic and patronage crises, a decline in women`s participation and the formation of large monastic orders led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India.

目录：

Maps and Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

Pronunciation and Orthographic Guide xvii

1 Introduction: A Plethora of Premises 1

Habits of the Heart, Deductive Premises, and Buddhist

Inhibitions 7

Petrarch’s Method: Artes Historicae in the Renaissance 15

Tropes, Heuristics, and Other Dangerous Things 22

2 Prayers in the Palace, Swords in the Temple:

Early Medieval India 25

The Occlusion of the Medieval 26

Early Medieval Political and Military Events 30

The Culture of Military Opportunism 62

Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship 68

Feudalization of Divinity 71

Conclusion: Early Medieval Vitality 74

3 The Medieval Buddhist Experience 75

Guilds, Commerce, and Political Legitimacy 77

Politics, Patronage, and Ethics—The Loss of Kuntala

and Andhrapatha 83

Medieval Women’s Buddhism—Hidden from View or

Missing in Action? 91

Contents

A Loss of Footing: The Agenda of Skepticism 99

Looking Elsewhere for Direction: The Turn to Epistemology 102

Big Important Monasteries—Administrators in Maroon Robes 105

Conclusion: A Tradition Under Duress 111

4 The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor 113

Chronology: The Seventh-Century Beginning 116

Becoming the Rajadhiraja—The Central Mantrayana Metaphor 118

Mandalas and Fields of Plenty 131

Becoming the Institution 144

Monks and Their Rituals 153

Sacralization of the Domain 160

Conclusion: Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized Samanta

Feudalism 166

5 Siddhas and the Religious Landscape 169

Some Siddha Social Models 171

First Moments in Siddha Identity 173

saiva and sakta Ascetic Orders 177

Marginal Siddha Topography 187

Religious Relations: The Agonistic Landscape 191

Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidyadharas 194

Chronological Concerns and saiva Exchanges 202

Indian Sacred Geography 206

Siddha Divinities—Bhairava and Heruka 211

Kapalika-Buddhist Conversions 217

The Other Saivas: The Pasupatas 218

Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape 224

Conclusion: A Complex Terrain 233

6 Siddhas, Literature, and Language 236

Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha 237

The Hidden Scriptures 239

From Transmission to Reception 245

The Buddha’s Talking Skull Excites Women, Kills Snakes,

and Belches a Book 247

Everything You Know Is Wrong 252

The Magic Decoder: The Construct of Coded Language 257

VI ⁄ CONTENTS

Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words 262

Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics 269

Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras 277

Conclusion: The Literature of Perfection 290

7 Siddhas, Monks, and Communities 293

Siddha Mandalas, Circles of Goddesses 294

Siddhas in a Circle, Siddhas in a Line, Siddhas in a Mob 303

Hagiographical Communities: Buddhajñanapada’s Travels 309

Gatherings and Ganacakras—The Ritual Community 318

Rules of Order 322

Self-Criticism and Correction 327

The Imperial Metaphor Reconsidered:

Becoming the Vidyadhara-Cakravartin 330

Conclusion: It’s a Siddha’s Life 334

8 Conclusion:The Esoteric Conundrum 336

Appendix:

Probable Pasupata Sites 341

Glossary 345

Notes 349

Abbreviations 417

Bibliography 419

Indic and Ostensibly Indic Tibetan Sources 419

Chinese Sources 434

Indigenous Tibetan Sources 435

Archaeological and Epigraphic Materials 438

General Modern Sources 444