The rise of Mahāsena : the transformation of Skanda-Karttikeya in North India from the Kuṣāṇa to Gupta empires /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789004218864 9004218866 |
| ISSN: | 0925-2916 ; |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |