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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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Main Author: Mann, Richard D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Subjects:
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity) > Cult > India, North > History.
Hinduism > India, North > History.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9789004218864
9004218866
ISSN:0925-2916 ;
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Theories Related to the Origins of Skanda
  • The Early Traditions of Skanda-Kārttikeya from Epic, Medical and Ritual Sources
  • The Emergence of the Senāpati: The Narrative Conversion of the Warrior and Graha
  • The Birth of Skanda-Kārttikeya in the Śalyaparvan, Anuśāsanaparvan and Rāmāyaṇa
  • Coins, Statuary and Skanda-Kārttikeya: The Earliest Depictions
  • Skanda-Kārttikeya on Kuṣāṇa Coinage and Gandhāra Statuary
  • Developments in Skanda-Kārttikeya's Cult between the Empires
  • The Kumārasaṃbhava and Purāṇic Accounts of Skanda-Kārttikeya
  • The Material Culture of Skanda-Kārttikeya in the Gupta Empire
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Plates.

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