Sarasvatī : riverine goddess of knowledge : from the manuscript-carrying vīṇā-player to the weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma /
Drawing on textual and art historical sources, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the Indian riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvati from sometime after 1750 BCE to the seventh century CE.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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Colección: | Brill's Indological library ;
v. 27. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Drawing on textual and art historical sources, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the Indian riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvati from sometime after 1750 BCE to the seventh century CE. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-337) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789047420361 9047420365 1281926337 9781281926333 9786611926335 661192633X |
ISSN: | 0925-2916 ; |