Yokochi: Skandapurāṇa III

Yokochi, Yuko [Hrsg.]:
The Skandapurāṇa III : Adhyāyas 34.1-61, 53-69, the Vindhyavāsinī Cycle / Critical Edition with an Introduction and Annotated English Synopsis by Yuko Yokochi. - Leiden : Brill, 2013. - X, 401 S. - (Groningen Oriental Studies : Supplement ; 3)
Einheitssachtitel: Skandapurāṇa <Sanskrit, engl.>
ISBN 978-90-04-25072-7
EUR 140,00
DDC: 294.5925

Beschreibung
Skandapurāṇa III presents a critical edition of the Vindhyavāsinī Cycle (Adhyāyas 34.1-61, 53-69) from the Skandapurāṇa, with an introduction and annotated English synopsis. The text edited in this volume provides the oldest full account of the myth of the goddess of the Vindhya mountains; it is one of the main sources of the Devīmāhātmya, the most famous scripture of the goddess worship in India, and as such indispensable for the study of the history of goddess worship. The introduction contains an examination into the relationship of the manuscripts and the date of the Skandapurāṇa . [Brill]

Herausgeberin
YUKO YOKOCHI (横地優子), Ph.D. (2005), University of Groningen, is professor of Sanskrit Literature at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University. She is one of the co-authors of the Skandapurāṇa IIB (Brill, 2014) and has published various articles on the history of goddess worship in India. Profile page [überpr. am 20. Jan. 2014].

Quellen: Brill; WorldCat; Bookbutler
Bildquelle: Indologica
Bibliographie: [1]

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