| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill's Indological library,
0925-2916 ;
v. 27
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Brill's Indological library ; v. 27.
0925-2916
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-337) and index. |
| Contents |
PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE VEDIC SARASVATI; VEDIC LITERATURE; CHAPTER ONE RG VEDA; CHAPTER TWO ATHARVA VEDA; CHAPTER THREE YAJUR VEDA; CHAPTER FOUR BRAHMANAS; VEDIC SARASVATI IN RETROSPECTIVE; PART TWO EPIC AND PURANIC SARASVATI; EPIC AND PURANIC LITERATURE; CHAPTER FIVE MAHABHARATA; CHAPTER SIX PURANAS; EPIC AND PURANIC SARASVATI IN RETROSPECTIVE; PART THREE BUDDHIST SARASVATI; SARASVATI IN BUDDHIST SUTRAS; CHAPTER SEVEN SUTRA OF GOLDEN LIGHT; CHAPTER EIGHT GREAT ELOQUENCE DEITY; CHAPTER NINE BATH; CHAPTER TEN KAUNPINYA'S PRAISES. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sarasvati. |
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Sarasvati. |
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Sarasvatī (Hindu deity)
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Sarasvatī (Hindu deity) |
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Sarasvatī (Buddhist deity)
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Sarasvatī (Buddhist deity) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ludvik, Catherine. Sarasvatī. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007280070 |
| ISBN |
9789047420361 (electronic book) |
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9047420365 (electronic book) |
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9789004158146 (alkaline paper) |
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9004158146 (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004158146.i-390 |
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