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The world of the Skandapurāṇa : northern India in the sixth and seventh centuries /
The World of the SkandapuranĐa explores the historical, religious and literary environment that gave rise to the composition and spread of this early Purana text devoted to Siva. It is argued that the text originated in circles of Pasupata ascetics and laymen, probably in Benares, in the second half...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2014.
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| Colección: | Supplement to Groningen Oriental studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The World of the Skandapurāṇa; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; A TOUR D'HORIZON; Preamble; The geographical and historical perimeter; The cultural framework; The Vaiṣṇava world; The sphere of Goddess worship; The outside world; The heterodox religions and the Sāṃkhya; The Śaiva world; The centre; COMPOSITION AND SPREAD OF THE SKANDAPURĀṆA: A POSSIBLE SCENARIO; I The World of Power The Political Landscape from Skandagupta to Harṣavardhana's successors; THE TWILIGHT OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE; Hūṇa Attacks and Inner Fragmentation; Skandagupta; Budhagupta; Harivarman; Toramāṇa.
- The Aulikara rulers of Daśapura, MandasorYaśodharman; Mihirakula; THE MAUKHARIS; The Origin of the Maukhari Dynasty; Harivarman; The Maukharis of the Gayā Region; The Maukharis of Kanauj; Īśvaravarman; Īśānavarman; The Sūlikas; The Andhras; The Gauḍas; A Period of Stability and Cultural Bloom; Śarvavarman and Avantivarman; The Kaumudīmahotsava; Viśākhadatta; A RESHUFFLE OF POWER IN MADHYADEŚA; The Thanesar-Kanauj Axis; Preamble; Sthāneśvara; Mālava; The Mālava-Gauḍa conspiracy; Harṣavardhana's consecration; Śaśāṅka; THE REIGN OF HARṢAVARDHANA (AD 612-647); A Literary and a Buddhist Record.
- Bāṇa's introduction to the courtHarṣa's campaigns against Gauḍa; The Establishment of an Empire; The East: Bengal and Orissa; The South: Harṣa's struggle with the Cālukyas; A looming threat from the West; Foreign Affairs: The empire in the international arena; The 'Arena of Charitable Offerings'; The end of an epoch; The aftermath: the rise of the Gupta kings of Magadhā; The Skandapurāṇa reaches Nepal; II The World of Culture The Skandapurāṇaits composition and position within the literary and religious landscape; THE PĀŚUPATA MOVEMENT AND THE SKANDAPURĀṆA.
- The Composition and Transmission of the SkandapurāṇaThe historical time frame; Vārāṇasī; The Pāśupata history as told in SPS 167; The Junvānī Copperplate Inscription of Mahāśivagupta; The Lāguḍi tradition; Diversity and coherence of the Pāśupata movement; The Kāpālikas of Magadhā; The Mahāvrata; THE SKANDAPURĀṆA AND BĀṆA'S HARṢACARITA; Preamble; The Purāṇa in Performance; Bāṇa's Family Tree and the Foundation of Sthāneśvara; The Myth of Dadhīca; The Abhiṣeka of Skanda and Harṣavardhana; Nīlalohita and Kurukṣetra; Kurukṣetra; Conclusion; THE MYTH OF DAKṢA'S SACRIFICE; Preamble; Bhadreśvara.
- The initiation of the gods in the Pāśupata vrataBhadreśvara: the site; Kubjāmraka; Brahmāvarta; Kanakhala; Conclusion; THE SEVEN BRAHMINS, KING UDAYANA, AND ŚVETA'S STRUGGLE WITH DEATH; The Legend of the Seven Brahmins; Historical evidence; Literary evidence; The seven deer of Kālañjara; Mṛgadhārā; King Udayana; The Kalacuris of Ujjain; Udayana, Vasanta, and the carrier; The Story of Śveta; Śveta in the Skandapurāṅa; The Kalacuris of Kālañjara; The twenty-eight incarnations; The Pāsupatas and Śaivas of the Nīlakaṇṭha Temple complex; Summary; THE MYTH OF TILOTTAMĀ AND MAṆḌALEŚVARA.