TY - JOUR TI - Rituals of the Tantric Traditions of South India – the Text (Canon, Rule) versus the Practice AU - Czerniak-Drożdżowicz, Marzenna TI - Rituals of the Tantric Traditions of South India – the Text (Canon, Rule) versus the Practice AB - The text concerns the Tantric traditions of India, especially the South Indian Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra. It addresses some issues connected with the relationship between canonical literature and actual religious practice as well as the reasons for doctrinal and ritualistic changes. Among these reasons were the activity of the great religious teachers and philosophers, but also the changing historical, social and economic situation of the community of followers and of the region in which the tradition was developing. Other reasons for these changes were the controversies as well as the rivalry of the groups representing different sects and priests’ families active in the temples VL - 2014 IS - Tom 47, Numer 4 PY - 2014 SN - 0137-2432 C1 - 2084-4077 SP - 253 EP - 262 DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.14.018.3119 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/rituals-of-the-tantric-traditions-of-south-india-the-text-canon-rule-versus-the-practice KW - Tantric traditions of India KW - canonical literature KW - religious practice KW - changes and controversies ; indyjska tradycja tantryczna KW - literature kanoniczna KW - religijne praktyki KW - zmiany i kontrowersje