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In The Indian System of Human Marks , Zysk offers a literary history of the Indian system of knowledge, which details divination by means of the marks on the bodies of both men and women. In addition to a historical analysis, the work includes texts and translations of the earliest treatises in Sanskrit. This is followed by a detailed philological analysis of the texts and annotations to the translations. The history follows the Indian system’s evolution from its roots in ancient Mesopotamian collections of omen on the human body to modern-day practice in Rajasthan in the north and Tamilnadu in the south. A special feature of the book is Zysk’s edition and translation of the earliest textual collection of the system in the Gargīyajyotiṣa from the 1st century CE. The system of human marks is one of the few Indian textual sources that links ancient India with the antique cultures of Mesopotamia and Greece.

Omens --- Human body --- Divination --- Augury --- Soothsaying --- Occultism --- Worship --- Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Religious aspects. --- History.

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Human body --- Religious aspects. --- Coffin texts. --- Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Religious aspects --- Sargtexte --- Book of the dead --- Book of two ways --- Pyramid texts

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"The Body in Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives surveys influential ways in which the body is imagined and deployed in religious practices and beliefs across the globe. Filling the gap for an up-to-date and comparative approach to theories and practices of the body in religion, this book explores the cultural influences on embodiment and their implications for religious institutions and spirituality. Examples are drawn from religions such as Jainism, Confucianism, Daoism, Shintoism, Paganism, Aboriginal, African, and Native American religions, in addition to the five major religions of the world. Topics covered include: - Gender and sexuality - Female modesty and dress codes - Circumcision and menstruation rituals - God language and erotic desire - Death, dying, and burial rites - Disciplining the body through prayer, yoga, and meditation - Feasting and fasting rituals Illustrated throughout with over 60 images, The Body in Religion is designed for course use in religious studies as well as interdisciplinary courses across the humanities and the social sciences. Further online resources include a sample syllabus"--

Human body --- Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Religious aspects. --- RELIGION --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Comparative Religion. --- General. --- Anthropology --- Cultural. --- 291.22 --- 291.22 Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Religious aspects

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The human body is always changing its meanings. Historical research on this can draw on a host of specialisms. Historians, lettrists and linguists contribute to this book a coherent little tumult of perspectives: what was thinkable for pagan and Christian Anglo-Saxons, and how far did the two really differ? Why did New English Puritans stop addressing God as if He were their breast-feeding Mother? How did Western colonisers' perspectives on animals and on 'subject races' interact? How did Vic...

Human body --- Body, Human --- Human beings --- Body image --- Human anatomy --- Human physiology --- Mind and body --- Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Sociological aspects. --- Religious aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- History. --- Religious aspects

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Body, Human --- -Body, Human --- -Traditional medicine --- Ethnic medicine --- Ethnomedicine --- Folk medicine --- Home cures --- Home medicine --- Home remedies --- Indigenous medicine --- Medical folklore --- Medicine, Primitive --- Primitive medicine --- Surgery, Primitive --- Alternative medicine --- Folklore --- Medical anthropology --- Ethnopharmacology --- Human beings --- Body image --- Human anatomy --- Human physiology --- Mind and body --- Symbolic aspects --- Human body --- Traditional medicine --- Symbolic aspects of the human body --- Symbolism --- Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.)