Hayagrīva in South India : : complexity and selectivity of pan-Indian Hindu deity / / by Kamala Elizabeth Nayar.

This book is about how mythology may be purposively adapted in the service of theology. It does so at the hand of Hayagrīva, since the 14th century C.E. revered as a full form of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu in the local Śrīvaiṣṇava tradition of South India, but originally a relatively minor pan-In...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, 2004.
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
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