The rise of Mahāsena : the transformation of Skanda-Karttikeya in North India from the Kuṣāṇa to Gupta empires /

This book studies the early development of Skanda-Kārttikeya's Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda's early 'popular' cult is found in Graha and Mātṛ traditions oriented towa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mann, Richard D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Colección:Brill's Indological library ; v. 39.
Temas:
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity) > Cult > India, North > History.
Hinduism > India, North > History.
Skanda (Divinité hindoue) > Culte > Inde (Nord) > Histoire.
Hindouisme > Inde (Nord) > Histoire.
Hinduism.
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity) > Cult.
North India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Theories Related to the Origins of Skanda
  • The Early Traditions of Skanda-Kārttikeya from Epic, Medical and Ritual Sources
  • The Emergence of the Senāpati: The Narrative Conversion of the Warrior and Graha
  • The Birth of Skanda-Kārttikeya in the Śalyaparvan, Anuśāsanaparvan and Rāmāyaṇa
  • Coins, Statuary and Skanda-Kārttikeya: The Earliest Depictions
  • Skanda-Kārttikeya on Kuṣāṇa Coinage and Gandhāra Statuary
  • Developments in Skanda-Kārttikeya's Cult between the Empires
  • The Kumārasaṃbhava and Purāṇic Accounts of Skanda-Kārttikeya
  • The Material Culture of Skanda-Kārttikeya in the Gupta Empire
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Plates.

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