Umfang:
Online-Ressource (x, 282 p.)
,
ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9789004218864
Serie:
Brill's Indological library v. 39
Inhalt:
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.
Inhalt:
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 towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ Mātṛs could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Kuṣāṇa and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity’s protective cult into one focused on the ruler’s military prowess and right to rule. Once detached from his former popular traditions the deity’s cult begins to falter in the north as it becomes increasingly focused on elite agendas
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Zugl.: Diss.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004217546
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mann, Richard D. The rise of Mahāsena Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004217546
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
Schlagwort(e):
Guptareich
;
Skanda
;
Kuschan-Reich
;
Skanda
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004218864
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