Suchergebnisse

In der Indienforschung galt lange Zeit, dass nur Männer aus brahmanischen Kasten zum Vollzug von Ritualen mit Sanskrit-Liturgie berechtigt sind. Heutzutage ist deren Ausführung zumindest in Großstädten keine Männerdomäne mehr, wie neueste Untersuchungen der Heidelberger Indologie zeigen: Viele Frauen vollziehen als Prieste­­rin­- nen häusliche Rituale für Klienten. Bei näherem Hinsehen zeigt sich allerdings, dass diese revo- lutionär erscheinende Veränderung der religiösen Landschaft des hinduistischen Indien keines- wegs linear mit größerer Geschlechter­gerechtigkeit gleichzusetzen ist. Gleichberechtigung ist in diesem Fall keine absolute Größe, sondern sie ist relativ zu sehen: Denn die Priesterinnen stehen im Spannungsfeld von Feminismus, Traditionalis- mus, Hindu-Nationalismus und Kastenpolitik, was wiederum mit einer stärkeren Ausgrenzung bestimmter Frauen einhergeht.

Abstract
The essay “Ritual Competence as Embodied Knowledge” by Ute Hüsken points at the importance of questions concerning the body-mind distinction in a ritual tradition which is usually seen as text-dominated, and strictly rule-governed. The underlying case study is the initiation into priesthood in South Indian Vaiṣṇava traditions, on the basis of both field research among the priests and the analysis of the relevant mediaeval Sanskrit texts. Ritual knowledge, it is argued, is above all embodied knowledge. Even in largely “textual” traditions the bearers ritual specialists have the authority not only to perform the ritual, but also to adapt it to contextual needs.

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