• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The Skandapurāṇa : Volume IV, Start of the Skanda and Andhaka cycles
  • Work titles: Puranas / Skandapurāṇa
  • Contains: Preliminary Material / / Peter C. Bisschop and Yuko Yokochi
    Introduction / / Peter C. Bisschop and Yuko Yokochi
    Synopsis / / Peter C. Bisschop and Yuko Yokochi
    Bibliography and Indexes / / Peter C. Bisschop and Yuko Yokochi.
  • Contributor: Bisschop, Peter Christiaan [Editor]; Yokochi, Yuko [Editor]
  • Published: [Leiden]: Brill, [2018]
  • Published in: Groningen oriental studies. Supplement
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (373 pages)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9789004383517; 9004383514
  • Keywords: Religion ; religion (discipline) ; RELIGION / Hinduism / General
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-355) and index
  • Description: Skandapurāṇa IV presents a critical edition of Adhyāyas 70-95 from the Skandapurāṇa , with an introduction and annotated English synopsis. The text edited in this volume includes the myths of Viṣṇu's manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiṃha), the birth of Skanda, the birth of Andhaka, and Hiraṇyākṣa's battle with the gods culminating in his victory and capture of the Earth
  • Access State: Open Access