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

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...

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Superior document:Supplement to Groningen Oriental Studies,
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Supplement to Groningen Oriental studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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