The Skandapurāṇa III

Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25072-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1238 g

Reihe: Groningen Oriental Studies, Supplement

Skandapurana III presents a critical edition of the Vindhyavasini Cycle (Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69) from the Skandapurana, 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 Devimahatmya, 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 Skandapurana.
The work is currently only available in print as an exact reprint done in a smaller book size (15.5 x 23.5 cm) than the first printrun.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yokochi, Yuko

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hinduismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur

Über Autor(innen)

Yuko Yokochi, 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 Skandapurana IIB (Brill, 2014) and has published various articles on the history of goddess worship in India.