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  1. A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture
    Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - critical edition and translation
    Published: [2019]; ©2019
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin ; Boston

    This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual... more

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    This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings are held responsible for the amount of rainfall. The six chapters of the Vajratundasamayakalparaja present the vidyadhara spell-master as a ritualist who uses mandalas, mudras and other techniques to gain mastery over the Nagas and thus control the rains. By subjugating the Nagas, favourable weather and good crops are guaranteed. This links this incantation tradition to economic power and the securing of worldly support for the Buddhist community

     
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    ISBN: 3110620499; 9783110620498
    Series: Beyond boundaries ; volume 3
    Subjects: Bouddhisme; Pluie; Temps (Météorologie); Buddhism; Buddhismus; Buddhistische Literatur; Dhāranī; Handschrift; Landwirtschaft; Manuskript; Naga-Kult; Rain-making rites; Regenzauber; Ritus; Sanskrit; Vidyādhara; Buddhism; Rain-making rites; Weather control
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  2. A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture
    Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - Critical Edition
    Author: Hidas, Gergely
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin

    Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edition and translation -- References -- Index This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two... more

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    Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edition and translation -- References -- Index This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings are held responsible for the amount of rainfall. The six chapters of the Vajratundasamayakalparaja present the vidyadhara spell-master as a ritualist who uses mandalas, mudras and other techniques to gain mastery over the Nagas and thus control the rains. By subjugating the Nagas, favourable weather and good crops are guaranteed. This links this incantation tradition to economic power and the securing of worldly support for the Buddhist community

     
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    Series: Beyond Boundaries ; Volume 3
    Subjects: Buddhism; Rain-making rites; Weather control; RELIGION / Buddhism / History
    Other subjects: Incantation; Indology; Nepal; Sanskrit
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (152 pages)
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  3. A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture
    Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - critical edition and translation
    Contributor: Hidas, Gergely (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn)
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin

    Previous research. Primary references ;Secondary references --Sources. Sanskrit ;Chinese ;Tibetan ;Mongolian ;Commentaries, citations, parallels, auxillary texts --Structure --Contents --Contexts. Central theme ;Ritual roots and relevant sources... more

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    Previous research. Primary references ;Secondary references --Sources. Sanskrit ;Chinese ;Tibetan ;Mongolian ;Commentaries, citations, parallels, auxillary texts --Structure --Contents --Contexts. Central theme ;Ritual roots and relevant sources ;Title ;Texts for rainmaking ;Dating ;Geographical, botanical and zoological references ;Monastic references ;Vidyādhara ;Maṇḍala /maṇḍalaka and mudrā --Practice. Weather control and pesticides ;Modern practice --A critical edition. The five manuscripts ;Manuscript affinities ;Editorial policy ;Silent standardizations ;Symbols and abbreviations --Edition and translation. This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings are held responsible for the amount of rainfall. The six chapters of the Vajratundasamayakalparaja present the vidyadhara spell-master as a ritualist who uses mandalas, mudras and other techniques to gain mastery over the Nagas and thus control the rains. By subjugating the Nagas, favourable weather and good crops are guaranteed. This links this incantation tradition to economic power and the securing of worldly support for the Buddhist community

     
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    Contributor: Hidas, Gergely (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn)
    Language: English; Sanskrit
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783110620498; 3110620499
    Series: Beyond boundaries ; volume 3
    Subjects: Buddhism; Rain-making rites; Weather control; Buddhism ; Customs and practices; Rain-making rites; Buddhismus; Buddhistische Literatur; Dhāranī; Handschrift; Landwirtschaft; Manuskript; Naga-Kult; Regenzauber; Ritus; Sanskrit; Vidyādhara; Early works
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (145 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index
  4. Clouds
    Author: Hamblyn, Richard
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  Reaktion Books, London

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    ISBN: 9781780237237
    Series: Earth series
    Subjects: Clouds; Clouds in art; Weather control
    Scope: 251 Seiten, illustrations (colour), 21 cm
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    Titelzusatz "nature and culture" nur auf dem Buchdeckel vorn
  5. A Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture
    Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - Critical Edition
    Author: Hidas, Gergely
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  De Gruyter, Berlin

    Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edition and translation -- References -- Index This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two... more

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    Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edition and translation -- References -- Index This volume is the first in-depth study of a recently discovered Sanskrit dharani spell text from around the 5th century CE surviving in two palm-leaf and three paper manuscript compendia from Nepal. This rare Buddhist scripture focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture through overpowering mythical Nagas. Traditionally, these serpentine beings are held responsible for the amount of rainfall. The six chapters of the Vajratundasamayakalparaja present the vidyadhara spell-master as a ritualist who uses mandalas, mudras and other techniques to gain mastery over the Nagas and thus control the rains. By subjugating the Nagas, favourable weather and good crops are guaranteed. This links this incantation tradition to economic power and the securing of worldly support for the Buddhist community

     
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    Subjects: Buddhism; Rain-making rites; Weather control; RELIGION / Buddhism / History
    Other subjects: Incantation; Indology; Nepal; Sanskrit
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  6. The Brothers Vonnegut
    science and fiction in the House of Magic
    Author: Strand, Ginger
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

    "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a... more

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    "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab...or "House of Magic." Kurt has ambitions as a novelist, and Bernard is working on a series of cutting-edge weather-control experiments meant to make deserts bloom and farmers flourish. While Kurt writes zippy press releases, Bernard builds silver-iodide generators and attacks clouds with dry ice. His experiments attract the attention of the government; weather proved a decisive factor in World War II, and if the military can control the clouds, fog, and snow, they can fly more bombing missions. Maybe weather will even be...as a headline in American Magazine calls it..."The New Super Weapon." But when the army takes charge of his cloudseeding project (dubbed Project Cirrus), Bernard begins to have misgivings about the use of his inventions for harm, not to mention the evidence that they are causing alarming changes in the atmosphere. In a fascinating cultural history, Ginger Strand chronicles the intersection of these brothers' lives at a time when the possibilities of science seemed infinite. As the Cold War looms, Bernard's struggle for integrity plays out in Kurt's evolving writing style. The Brothers Vonnegut reveals how science's ability to influence the natural world also influenced one of our most inventive novelists"..

     
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    science and fiction in the House of Magic
    Author: Strand, Ginger
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

    "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a... more

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    "Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt Vonnegut In the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab...or "House of Magic." Kurt has ambitions as a novelist, and Bernard is working on a series of cutting-edge weather-control experiments meant to make deserts bloom and farmers flourish. While Kurt writes zippy press releases, Bernard builds silver-iodide generators and attacks clouds with dry ice. His experiments attract the attention of the government; weather proved a decisive factor in World War II, and if the military can control the clouds, fog, and snow, they can fly more bombing missions. Maybe weather will even be...as a headline in American Magazine calls it..."The New Super Weapon." But when the army takes charge of his cloudseeding project (dubbed Project Cirrus), Bernard begins to have misgivings about the use of his inventions for harm, not to mention the evidence that they are causing alarming changes in the atmosphere. In a fascinating cultural history, Ginger Strand chronicles the intersection of these brothers' lives at a time when the possibilities of science seemed infinite. As the Cold War looms, Bernard's struggle for integrity plays out in Kurt's evolving writing style. The Brothers Vonnegut reveals how science's ability to influence the natural world also influenced one of our most inventive novelists"..

     
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  8. Clouds
    Author: Hamblyn, Richard
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    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781780237237
    Series: Earth series
    Subjects: Clouds; Clouds in art; Weather control
    Scope: 251 Seiten, illustrations (colour), 21 cm
    Notes:

    Titelzusatz "nature and culture" nur auf dem Buchdeckel vorn