Robert L. Brown
Ganesh
Studies of an Asian God
Paperback Engels 1991 9780791406571Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and Tantric forms. The controversial question of his origins is also thoroughly discussed.
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ISBN13:9780791406571
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:358
Uitgever:State University of New York Press
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Inhoudsopgave
Foreword
A. K. Narain
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Robert L. Brown
1. Ganesa: A Protohistory of the Idea and the Icon
A. K. Narain
2. Ganesa: Myth and Reality
M. K. Dhavalikar
3. Ganesa's Rise to Prominence in Sanskrit Literature
Ludo Rocher
4. Ganesa as Metaphor: The Mudgala Purana
Phyllis Granoff
5. Images of Ganesa in Jainism
Maruti Nandan Tiwari and Kamal Giri
6. The Wives of Ganesa
Lawrence Cohen
7. "Vatapi Ganapatim": Sculptural, Poetic, and Musical Texts in a Hymn to Ganesa
Amy Catlin
8. Ganesa in Southeast Asian Art: Indian Connections and Indigenous Developments
Robert L. Brown
9. The Tantric Ganesa: Texts Preserved in the Tibetan Canon
Christopher Wilkinson
10. Ganesa in China: Methods of Transforming the Demonic
Lewis R. Lancaster
11. Literary Aspects of Japan's Dual-Ganesa Cult
James H. Sanford
List of Contributors
Index
A. K. Narain
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Robert L. Brown
1. Ganesa: A Protohistory of the Idea and the Icon
A. K. Narain
2. Ganesa: Myth and Reality
M. K. Dhavalikar
3. Ganesa's Rise to Prominence in Sanskrit Literature
Ludo Rocher
4. Ganesa as Metaphor: The Mudgala Purana
Phyllis Granoff
5. Images of Ganesa in Jainism
Maruti Nandan Tiwari and Kamal Giri
6. The Wives of Ganesa
Lawrence Cohen
7. "Vatapi Ganapatim": Sculptural, Poetic, and Musical Texts in a Hymn to Ganesa
Amy Catlin
8. Ganesa in Southeast Asian Art: Indian Connections and Indigenous Developments
Robert L. Brown
9. The Tantric Ganesa: Texts Preserved in the Tibetan Canon
Christopher Wilkinson
10. Ganesa in China: Methods of Transforming the Demonic
Lewis R. Lancaster
11. Literary Aspects of Japan's Dual-Ganesa Cult
James H. Sanford
List of Contributors
Index
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