Dieter Schlingloff Bücher

Authored by one of the leading scholars of German Indology, “Fortified Cities in Ancient India” offers a comparative exploration of the development of towns and cities in ancient India. Based on in-depth textual and archeological research, Professor Dieter Schlingloff’s work presents for the first time the striking outcomes of intertwining data garnered from a wide range of sources. This volume scrutinizes much of the established knowledge on urban fortifications in South Asia, advancing new conceptions based on an authoritative, far-reaching study.

Focusing on the evolution of urban centers in ancient India, this volume utilizes extensive textual and archaeological research to provide a comparative analysis. It delves into the historical context and cultural factors that influenced the growth of towns and cities, offering insights into their significance in ancient society.

This publication deals with a phenomenon that has been expressed in various aspects in both literature and art: people exist who have, or are able to gain, the ability to see in trance irreal figures appear and act. Depending on the visionary's spiritual or religious environment, these appearances take on meanings in accordance with the visionary's expectation and then, dogmatically interpreted, are entered by the visionary himself or by others into religious literature as stories of actual events - sometimes being so transformed in the process that their visionary origin is no longer apparent. Our study examines this phenomenon in the so-called Hinayana Buddhism in India and its transmission to Central Asia, where this process can often be observed. The faculty of visions is naturally not limited to Buddhism; it can be equally observed in the three major monotheistic religions as well. One prominent example from the Bible is the transfiguration of Jesus, - perhaps the vision with the greatest consequences in the New Testament.

InhaltsverzeichnisFrontmatter -- SPIS TRE? CI -- CZ??? I. MONASTYCZNA DROGA ZBAWIENIA -- CZ??? II. ? WIECKA DROGA DO ZBAWIENIA -- INDEKS -- LITERATURA -- CYTOWANE ? RÓDLA Z ZAKRESU BUDDYZMU -- NOTA O AUTORZE