TY  - BOOK
TI  - The Skandapura III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: the Vindhyavasini Cycle
T2  - Groningen Oriental studies. Supplement
SN  - 9789004269057
AV  - BL1140.4.S534 E54 2013
U1  - 294.5925 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - [S.l.]
PB  - Brill Academic Pub
KW  - Puranas
KW  - Skandapurān̜a
N1  - Preliminary material -- Introduction -- Synopsis -- Skandapurāṇa 34.1–61, 53–69 -- Bibliography -- Indexes; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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 . 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004269057
ER  -