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200 14$aThe rise of Maha?sena$b[electronic resource] $ethe transformation of Skanda-Karttikeya in North India from the Kus?a?n?a to Gupta empires /$fby Richard D. Mann
210   $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (296 p.)
225 1 $aBrill's Indological library,$x0925-2916 ;$vv. 39
300   $aRevision of the author's Ph. D. dissertation.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Theories Related to the Origins of Skanda -- The Early Traditions of Skanda-K?rttikeya from Epic, Medical and Ritual Sources -- The Emergence of the Sen?pati: The Narrative Conversion of the Warrior and Graha -- The Birth of Skanda-K?rttikeya in the ?alyaparvan, Anu??sanaparvan and R?m?ya?a -- Coins, Statuary and Skanda-K?rttikeya: The Earliest Depictions -- Skanda-K?rttikeya on Ku???a Coinage and Gandh?ra Statuary -- Developments in Skanda-K?rttikeya?s Cult between the Empires -- The Kum?rasa?bhava and Pur??ic Accounts of Skanda-K?rttikeya -- The Material Culture of Skanda-K?rttikeya in the Gupta Empire -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Plates.
330   $aThis book studies the early development of Skanda-K?rttikeya?s Hindu cult from its earliest textual and material sources to the end of the Gupta Empire in the north of India. The text argues that Skanda?s early ?popular? cult is found in Graha and M?t? traditions oriented towards appeasing potentially dangerous spirits. Once propitiated, however, Skanda and his Grahas/ M?t?s could become fierce protectors of their followers. During the Ku???a and Gupta empires, this tradition gains the attention of rulers, who transform the deity?s protective cult into one focused on the ruler?s military prowess and right to rule. Once detached from his former popular traditions the deity?s cult begins to falter in the north as it becomes increasingly focused on elite agendas.
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