The world of the Skandapurāṇa : Northern India in the sixth and seventh centuries / Hans T. Bakker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakker, Hans, 1948- author.

Series:

Supplement to Groningen Oriental studies.

Supplement to Groningen Oriental Studies, 1566-7642

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Sacred books.

Hinduism.

Pāśupatas--India.

Pāśupatas.

India--Antiquities.

India.

Puranas. Skandapurāṇa--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Puranas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

The World of the Skandapurāṇa explores the historical, religious and literary environment that gave rise to the composition and spread of this early Purana text devoted to Siva. It is argued that the text originated in circles of Pasupata ascetics and laymen, probably in Benares, in the second half of the 6th and first half of he 7th centuries. The book describes the political developments in Northern India after the fall of the Gupta Empire until the successor states which arose after the death of king Harsavardhana of Kanauj in the second half of the 7th century. The work consists of two parts. In the first part the historical environment in which this Purāṇa was composed is described. The second part explores six localities in Northern India that play a prominent role in the text. It is richly illustrated and contains a detailed bibliography and index.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

Introduction / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Twilight of the Gupta Empire / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Maukharis / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

A Reshuffle of Power in Madhyadesa / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Reign of Harṣavardhana (AD 612–647) / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Pāśupata Movement and the Skandapurāṇa / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Skandapurāṇa and Bāṇa’s Harṣacarita / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Myth of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Seven Brahmins, King Udayana, and Śveta’s Struggle with Death / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

The Myth of Tilottamā and Maṇḍaleśvara / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

Goddesses from the East / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

Appendix / Yuko Yokochi

Figures / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

Plates / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

Bibliography / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa

Index / Editors The World of the Skandapurāṇa.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 11, 2015).

ISBN:

90-04-27714-5

OCLC:

918997400

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004277144 DOI