The Skandapurana. / Volume III, : Adhyayas 34.1-61, 53-69 : the Vindhyavasini cycle / / critical edition with an introduction & annotated English synopsis by Yuko Yokochi.

• Superior document: Supplement to Groningen Oriental Studies
• Author: Yokochi, Yuko
• TeilnehmendeR: Yokochi, Yuko,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2013.; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Supplement to Groningen Oriental studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004269053
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: critical edition with an introduction & annotated English synopsis by Yuko Yokochi.

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.