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Supplement to Groningen Oriental studies
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Supplement to Groningen Oriental studies.
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The World of the Skandapurāṇa; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; A TOUR D'HORIZON; Preamble; The geographical and historical perimeter; The cultural framework; The Vaiṛṇava 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 Harṛavardhana's successors; THE TWILIGHT OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE; Hūṇa Attacks and Inner Fragmentation; Skandagupta; Budhagupta; Harivarman; Toramāṇa. |
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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; Harṛavardhana's consecration; Śaśāṅka; THE REIGN OF HARṚAVARDHANA (AD 612-647); A Literary and a Buddhist Record. |
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Bāṇa's introduction to the courtHarṛa's campaigns against Gauḍa; The Establishment of an Empire; The East: Bengal and Orissa; The South: Harṛa'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. |
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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 HARṚACARITA; Preamble; The Purāṇa in Performance; Bāṇa's Family Tree and the Foundation of Sthāneśvara; The Myth of Dadhīca; The Abhiṛeka of Skanda and Harṛavardhana; Nīlalohita and Kurukṛetra; Kurukṛetra; Conclusion; THE MYTH OF DAKṚA'S SACRIFICE; Preamble; Bhadreśvara. |
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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; Mq̣gadhārā; 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. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Puranas. Skandapurāṇa -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. |
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Puranas. Skandapurāṇa. |
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Hinduism -- Sacred books.
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Hinduism -- Sacred books. |
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Pāśupatas -- India.
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Pāśupatas. |
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India. |
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India -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Sacred books.
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Sacred works.
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Sacred works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bakker, Hans, 1948- author. World of the Skandapurāṇa 9789004277144 (OCoLC)883426611 |
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9789004277144 (electronic book) |
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9004277145 (electronic book) |
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9789004270091 (hardback) |
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9004270094 (hardback) |
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