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Autore |
Taylor McComas |
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Titolo |
The Visnu Purana : Ancient Annals of the God with Lotus Eyes |
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Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 |
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Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (578 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hinduism |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Book one : Creation -- Book two : The World -- Book three : Society -- Book four : The Royal Dynasties -- Book five : Kṛṣṇa -- Book Six : Dissolution. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Viṣṇu is a central deity in the Hindu pantheon, especially in his manifestation as the seductive cattle-herding youth, Kṛṣṇa. The purāṇas are sacred texts, which, as the Sanskrit name implies, are collections of narratives from 'long ago'. |
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