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The Skandapurāṇa IIa / edited by Hans Bakker and Harunaga Isaacson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Groningen Oriental Studies, Supplement
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puranas. Skandapurāṇa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2005]
- Summary:
- Volume IIa presents a critical edition of Adhayāyas 26-31.14 from the Skandapurāṇa, complete with synopsis and annotation. The editors also provide a lengthy introduction and commentary on the edited text, and discuss both philological problems and matters of interpretation.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Maps
- Sigla Referring to the Skandapurāṇa
- Introduction
- 1 The Vārāṇasīmāhātmya of the Skandapurāṇa
- The Narrative Structure of the Vārāṇasīmāhātmya
- The Matsyapurāṇa and Liṅgapurāṇa Vārānasīmāhātmyas
- Editing the Vārāṇasīmāhātmya
- The New Manuscripts
- The Parallels and Testimonia
- The Synopsis and Commentary
- Vārāṇasī-Māhātmya Narrative Structure
- 2 A Sketch of the Religious History of Vārāṇasī up to the Islamic Conquest and the New Beginning
- A Centre of Industry and Commerce Vārāṇasī in the Pre-Gupta Period
- The Rise of the Avimukta Sanctuary Vārāṇasī in the Gupta Period
- The Development of a Holy City Vārāṇasī in the Early Medieval Period (AD 500 - 1000)
- A Fountainhead of Learning and Religious Prestige Vārāṇasī under the Candellas, Pālas, and Kalacuris
- A Centre of Regal Pomp Vārāṇasī under the Gāhaḍavālas
- A New Beginning Vārāṇasī in the Thirteenth Century
- Skandapurāṇa 26.1-31.14
- Symbols and Abbreviations in the Apparatus
- Sigla of the Manuscripts Used
- Adhyāya 26
- Adhyāya 27
- Adhyāya 28
- Adhyāya 29
- Adhyāya 30
- Adhyāya 31.1-14
- Synopsis and Commentary
- 1 Celestial Prelude
- a Devī asks Śiva to find a suitable homestead (SP 26.1-25)
- 2 Prehistory
- a Myth of Divodāsa and the Evacuation of Vārāṇasī (SP 26.26-63)
- b The Entrance of Śiva and his Followers into Vārāṇasī (SP 26.64-68)
- 3 In the Divine Palace
- a First Dialogue of Śiva and Pārvatī (SP 27.1-47) the merits of devotion (bhakti)
- b Second Dialogue of Śiva and Pārvatī (SP 28.1-72) worship and observances (vrata)
- 4 In the Divine Garden
- a The First Visit to the Udyāna (SP 29.1-7)
- b Description of Avimuktakṣetra (SP 29.8-59)
- c Arrival of the Pāsupata Yogins etc. (SP 29.60-95).
- d Case-stories of Jaigīṣavya, Kubera and the Pañcacūḍās (SP 29.96-239)
- 5 The Myth of the Yakṣa Piṅgala/Harikeśa (1st part)
- a Piṅgala's Tapas (SP 30.1-18)
- 6 In the Divine Garden Again
- a-b The Second Visit to the Divine Garden and the Māhātmya of the Udyāna and Avimukta (SP 30.19-59)
- c Śiva's Prophesy (SP 30.60-75)
- 7 The Myth of the Yakṣa Piṅgala/Harikeśa (2nd part)
- a The Yakṣa becomes the Protector of Vārāṇasī (SP 31.1-14)
- Appendix
- SP 167.139-162
- SPra 167.4.1-9
- a Avimukta (SP 167.139-162)
- b The Cremation Ground Avimuktaka (SPra 167.4.1-9)
- Bibliography
- Abbreviations
- References
- Indexes
- Index to the Synopsis
- Index of Text Passages
- Index to the Introduction, Commentary and Appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bakker, Hans The Skandapurāṇa IIa
- ISBN:
- 90-04-48840-5
- OCLC:
- 1334889903
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