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ISBN: 9004277145 9789004277144 9789004270091 9004270094 Year: 2014 Publisher: Leiden
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The World of the Skandapurāṇa 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 of the 6th and first half of he 7th centuries. The book describes the political developments in Northern India after the fall of the Gupta Empire until the successor states which arose after the death of king Harsavardhana of Kanauj in the second half of the 7th century. The work consists of two parts. In the first part the historical environment in which this Purāṇa was composed is described. The second part explores six localities in Northern India that play a prominent role in the text. It is richly illustrated and contains a detailed bibliography and index.
Hinduism --- Pāśupatas --- Lakulīśas --- Śaivism --- Hindu literature --- Puranas. --- Skandapurāṇa --- Skandhapurāṇa --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- India --- Antiquities.
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ISBN: 9004269053 9789004269057 9789004250727 9004250727 9789004270282 9789069801063 9004459308 9004383484 906980106X 9789004459304 9789004383487 9004270280 9789069801520 9069801523 9004277137 9004383514 9004461035 Year: 2013 Publisher: Brill
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Skandapurāṇa III presents a critical edition of the Vindhyavāsinī Cycle (Adhyāyas 34.1-61, 53-69) from the Skandapurāṇa , with an introduction and annotated English synopsis. The text edited in this volume provides the oldest full account of the myth of the goddess of the Vindhya mountains; it is one of the main sources of the Devīmāhātmya , the most famous scripture of the goddess worship in India, and as such indispensable for the study of the history of goddess worship. The introduction contains an examination into the relationship of the manuscripts and the date of the Skandapurāṇa . The work is currently only available in print as an exact reprint done in a smaller book size (15.5 x 23.5 cm) than the first printrun.
Puranas. --- Skandapurāṇa --- Skandhapurāṇa --- Hindu sacred texts --- Hinduism --- Mythology, Indic. --- Puranas. Skandapura?a. Kartikamasamahatmya. --- Literary studies --- Literary studies: classical, early & medieval --- Religion. --- Hindu --- religious texts --- Hinduism. --- Religion --- Philosophy and religion. --- Philosophy.
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