http://hdl.handle.net/10278/17 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:51:06 GMT 2013-05-20T17:51:06Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/325 Title: Dalle ceneri delle residenze estive di Qianlong il Buddha della vita eterna 'rinasce' al Castello Sforzesco Author⁄s: Amadini, Pietro Abstract: In this article a Chinese 'liuli' statue, found in the Raccolte Civiche d’Arte Applicata of Milan, is thoroughly examined. A similar piece is conserved in the British Museum, while just a head is on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The figure represented by these ceramics is Amitāyus, the Long life Buddha, who can be recognized by the kalaśa vase held in both hands in the meditation posture, whilst seated in the lotus position. This architectural figure can be found on different temples built under the Qianlong reign within the imperial Summer Resorts around Beijing. In particular, the tiles which cover the walls of the Zhihuihai are the only artefacts that show an iconography identical to the statues found in Europe. Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10278/325 2005-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/324 Title: Riflessioni sui parallelismi tra il congiuntivo italiano e il congiuntivo hindi Author⁄s: Sharma, Ghanshyam Abstract: The paper tries to establish the parallelism that lies between subjunctives in Hindi and Italian. Both languages belong to that group of languages which make abundant use of the subjunctive. However, there are many differences between various usages of the subjunctive in these two languages. The Italian subjunctive can roughly be divided into three categories: volitional, dubitative (epistemic) and factive. It can be asserted that in the case of the volitional subjunctive both Hindi and Italian behave in the same way. But when it comes to the second type of Italian subjunctive, Hindi employs its own strategy. In the case of the third category Hindi only rarely makes use of the subjunctive. Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10278/324 2005-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/323 Title: Musica e sciamanismo tra i 'Khond' dell'Orissa Author⁄s: Basso, Rebecca Abstract: This work analyses the role and the meaning of music in the religious practices and the shamanism of the Khonds, a skeduled tribe settled in the hinterland of the Indian region of Orissa. Music is an important element in every ritual and ceremony, moreover it's an essential vehicle to reach a modified state of consciousness. By conducting a strict analysis of the musical experience in Khond shamanism and religion, this study underlines how music is employed by the shaman and the ordinary priest as a powerful instrument to be in touch with deities, spirits and ancestors: musical performance is inquired as a sine qua non of Khond religious and shamanic practices. Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10278/323 2005-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10278/322 Title: 'Aghora Mārga': origini storiche e mitologiche di una via yogica estrema Author⁄s: Marchetto, Monia Abstract: This paper aims to propose some historical and mythological data about a particular tantric path called aghora mārga. Its followers, the aghorīs, are known for their necrophagous practices. The origins of this yogic path are ascribed by some scholars to the medieval nātha yogins and by other scholars to an even earlier tantric school, that of the skull bearers, the kāpālikas. Through some uninterrupted chains of masters, the aghorīs are still present today mainly in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. Their austere yogic practices found their divine archetype in the terrifying god Kāla-bhairava of puranic and agamic memory. Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10278/322 2005-12-31T23:00:00Z