The Skandapurāṇa III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle by Yokochi, Yuko

The Skandapurāṇa III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004250727)

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The Skandapurāṇa III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle by Yokochi, Yuko

The Skandapurāṇa III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle

$111.00
The Skandapurāṇa III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle by Yokochi, Yuko

The Skandapurāṇa III: Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69: The Vindhyavāsinī Cycle

$111.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Yuko Yokochi
ISBN-10: 9004250727
ISBN-13: 9789004250727
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2013
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.94d
By Yuko Yokochi
By Yuko Yokochi
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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 Skandapurāṇa IIB (Brill, 2014) and has published various articles on the history of goddess worship in India.

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