Vaikhanasa Mantra Prasna Vviii (Daivikacatustayam)

The Vaikhanasas are mentioned in many Vedic texts, yet they are Vaisnavas, monotheistic worshipers of Visnu. Thus, they bridge two key ages in the history of South Asian religion. This text contains many quotations from ancient Vedic literature as well as architectural and iconographical data of the later first millennium CE.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Howard Resnick has been a visiting scholar at the University of Florida and has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Graduate Theological Union.

Zusammenfassung

The Vaikhanasas are mentioned in many Vedic texts, yet they are Vai??avas, monotheistic worshipers of Vi??u. Thus, they bridge two key ages in the history of South Asian religion. This text contains many quotations from ancient Vedic literature as well as architectural and iconographical data of the later first millennium CE.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Howard Resnick
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780674245129
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24512-9
• Seiten: 1136
• Serie: Harvard Oriental Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Hindu, RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, Theology, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology, History of Religion, Hinduism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Hindu Sacred Texts, Hindu Life & Practice, Hindu life and practice, Hinduism: sacred texts and revered writings