Sacred snakes : orthodox images of Indian snake worship / / Laurie Cozad
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| Autore: |
Cozad Laurie
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| Titolo: |
Sacred snakes : orthodox images of Indian snake worship / / Laurie Cozad
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| Pubblicazione: | Aurora, Colo., : Davies Group Publishers, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 294.5/212 |
| Soggetto topico: | Serpent worship - India - History |
| Serpents - Religious aspects - Hinduism | |
| Serpents - Religious aspects - Buddhism | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-164) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Snake Worshippers, Orthodox Redactors and Their Contextual Tug- of- War -- 2 The The R g Veda and the Threat of the Sovereign Snake -- 3 The Late Vedas: Revering the Snake's Power and Preserving Snake- Centered Rituals -- 4 The Adi Parvan of the Mahabharata: The Epic Redactors Take On the Snake -- 5 The Pali Texts: The Buddhist Redactors [ c] Harm the Snake -- 6 The Mahavastu: The Buddha Shares in the Snake's Largess -- 7 Conclusion: It Is Hard to Keep a Good Snake Down -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Sacred snakes |
| ISBN: | 1-935790-13-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827824003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Contexts and consequences.