PDF From Mesopotamia to the Mishnah: Tannaitic Inheritance Law in its Legal and Social Contexts (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism) by Jonathan S Milgram in History

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The Hevajra Tantras and teachings of the 'Path with Its Fruit' (lam 'bras) that originated in India have been central practices of Tibetan tantric Buddhism for a millenium. The Tibetans translated eight Hevajra transmissions with their tantras; commentaries; rituals; and instructions and authored countless scriptures in the context of the tantra and the 'Path with Its Fruit' that originated with the Indian Mahasiddha Virupa. Drawing on title lists (dkar chag); colophones; and commentaries authored between the 11th and 17th centuries; the author attempts a reconstruction of the Indian and Tibetan corpora of these transmissions; its literary history and relations to one another.