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Index
Cover  Half title Title Copyright Epigraph and Dedication Contents  List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method
Chapter 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies
Sanskritic Culture and the Culture of Possession The Sanskritic Vocabulary of Possession Problematics of Interpretation
Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession
Chapter 2. New and Inherited Paradigms: Methodologies for the Study of Possession
Classical Study and Ethnography Definitions and Typologies The Devil’s Work Psychiatric and Psychoanalytic Interpretations Possession as a Form of Social Control Possession and Shamanism Possession as Ontological Reality Śakti, the Localization of Divinity, and the Possessed Performative and Biographical Context Conclusions
Chapter 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity Chapter 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession
Lexicography, Languages, and Themes Exorcists, Oracles, and Healers Reflections on “Folk” and “Classical” in South Asia
Part III. Classical Literature
Chapter 5. The Vedas and Upanisads
Embodiment and Disembodiment Among the Rsis Possession in the Early Vedic Literature Shape-Shifting and Possession In the Beginning, God Possessed Heaven and Earth Transfer of Essence The Gandharva, the Apsaras, and the Vedic Body
Chapter 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers: The Panorama of Possession in the Sanskrit Epics
The Mahābhārata, Where Everything Can Be Found Notes on Possession in the Rāmāyana
Chapter 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession
Possession as Yoga Practice Possession and the Subtle Body in the Yogavāsistha Śankara’s Possession of a Dead King Possession and the Body in the Brahmasūtras Possession in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism Conclusions
Chapter 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets: Narrativity and the Aesthetics of Possession
Culture, Fiction, and Possession Possession in Sanskrit Fiction Can There Be an Aesthetic of Possession?
Chapter 9. Devotion as Possession
Devotional Possession in the Gītā and Ānandavardhana Vallabhācārya’s Concept of Āveśa Śrī Caitanya and the Gaudīya Concepts of Āveśa, Avatāra, and Multiple Bodies Āveśa and Bhāva Āveśa, Bhāva, and Alternative Vedāntas
Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures: Possession as a Healing Modality
Chapter 10. Possession in Tantra: Constructed Bodies and Empowerment
Samāveśa as Tantric Realization Discipline and Enlightenment Divinizing the Body Possession in Buddhist Tantras Tantric Possession and Images of a Multiple Self
Chapter 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession
The Śaiva and Buddhist Tantras and the South Indian Texts Svasthāveśa and the Prasenā Epigraphical Evidence for the Practice of Svasthāveśa The Ritual of Svasthāveśa Possession Across the Himalayas Aweishe: The Indic Character of Chinese Possession Svasthāveśa in South India The Mantramahodadhhi The Tantrarāja Indian Āveśa and Chinese Aweishe: A Comparison Conclusions
Chapter 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra
Disease-Producing Spirit Possession Bhūtavidyā: Vedic and Āyurvedic Demonologies Other Indic Demonologies Piśācas and the Piśācmocan Temple Childsnatchers and Therapy to Counter Demonic Possession (Piśācagrhītabhaisajyam) Healing and the Circulation of Knowledge Possession and Exorcism in Contemporary Āyurveda Diagnosing Possession Conclusions: Notes on the Textuality of Āyurveda
Chapter 13. Conclusions: Identity Among the Possessed and Dispossessed
Variation and Vocabulary Possession and Embodiment Sudden and Gradual Questions and (a Few) Answers Bringing It All Back Home: The Mahābhārata and Traditions of Possession
Bibliography Index
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