The Skandapurāṇa Volume IV: Adhyāyas 70 - 95. Start of the Skanda and Andhaka Cycles

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-38348-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g

Reihe: Groningen Oriental Studies, Supplement

Skandapurana IV presents a critical edition of Adhyayas 70-95 from the Skandapurana, with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.

The text edited in this volume includes the myths of Visnu’s manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasimha), the birth of Skanda, the birth of Andhaka, and Hiranyaksa’s battle with the gods culminating in his victory and capture of the Earth.

Thanks to generous support of the J. Gonda Fund Foundation, the e-book version of this volume is available in Open Access.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bisschop, Peter

Yokochi, Yuko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hinduismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Bisschop, Ph.D. (2004), University of Groningen, is Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia at Leiden University. He is the author of Early Saivism and the Skandapurana: Sects and Centres (Egbert Forsten, 2006) and The Skandapurana IIB (Brill, 2014).

Yuko Yokochi, Ph.D. (2004), University of Groningen, is Professor of Sanskrit Literature at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University. She is the author of The Skandapurana III (Egbert Forsten / Brill, 2013) and The Skandapurana IIB (Brill, 2014).