The rise of Mahāsena : the transformation of Skanda-Karttikeya in North India from the Kuṣāṇa to Gupta empires / / by Richard D. Mann.
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 appeasing potential...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Indological library, v. 39 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Indological library ;
v. 39. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Notes: | Revision of the author's Ph. D. dissertation. |
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