Puja. Study in Smarta Ritual

CONTENTS......Page 5
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
BIBLIPGRAPHY......Page 13
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 27
The Term Puja......Page 29
Textual Sources......Page 31
1. Normative Texts......Page 32
Excursus: Contents of the PP......Page 37
Objects of Puja......Page 43
Time for Puja......Page 55
Authorization to Perform Puja......Page 56
Preparations for Puja......Page 58
Domestic Worship and Temple Worship......Page 62
Number and Kind Services......Page 63
1. Mantras from the Vedic Literature......Page 67
2. Other Mantras and Hymns......Page 69
Deficienscies in Worship and Atonements......Page 71
Puja and Karmakanda......Page 79
Excursus: A Note on the Place of Puja in the Bhakti System......Page 81
Aims of Puja......Page 83
A Note on Mental Puja......Page 88
Mental Puja of Shiva......Page 89
Highest worship......Page 92
Modern Trends......Page 93
Preliminary Remarks......Page 101
Table of Service......Page 102
Text, Translation and Commentary......Page 103
General Charcateristics......Page 183
1. Infusion with Life......Page 191
2. Puja of the Limbs of the Idol......Page 195
4. Katha......Page 196
5. Puja of the Brahmin......Page 197
1. Satyanarayanavrata......Page 200
2. Rsipancamivrata......Page 213
3. Anantacaturdasivarata......Page 221
APPENDIX......Page 229
Illustrations to Part I, II and III......Page 231
Illustations of Puja-Utensils......Page 246
Description of the Illustrations......Page 249
List of Marathi Names of the Puja-Utemso;s......Page 253
INDICES......Page 254
GERNAL INDEX......Page 259