Sarasvatī : riverine goddess of knowledge : from the manuscript-carrying vīṇā-player to the weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma /
Drawing on textual and art historical sources, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the Indian riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvati from sometime after 1750 BCE to the seventh century CE.
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Хэл сонгох: | англи |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Цуврал: | Brill's Indological library ;
v. 27. |
| Онлайн хандалт: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=252741 |
Агуулга:
- PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE VEDIC SARASVATI; VEDIC LITERATURE; CHAPTER ONE RG VEDA; CHAPTER TWO ATHARVA VEDA; CHAPTER THREE YAJUR VEDA; CHAPTER FOUR BRAHMANAS; VEDIC SARASVATI IN RETROSPECTIVE; PART TWO EPIC AND PURANIC SARASVATI; EPIC AND PURANIC LITERATURE; CHAPTER FIVE MAHABHARATA; CHAPTER SIX PURANAS; EPIC AND PURANIC SARASVATI IN RETROSPECTIVE; PART THREE BUDDHIST SARASVATI; SARASVATI IN BUDDHIST SUTRAS; CHAPTER SEVEN SUTRA OF GOLDEN LIGHT; CHAPTER EIGHT GREAT ELOQUENCE DEITY; CHAPTER NINE BATH; CHAPTER TEN KAUNPINYA'S PRAISES.