Name: Sarasvati, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge. From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-Player to the Weapon-Wielding Defender of the Dharma
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Author: Catherine Ludvik
ISBN: 9789360801892

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Sarasvati, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge. From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-Player to the Weapon-Wielding Defender of the Dharma

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Manohar Publishers and Distributors

Autor

Catherine Ludvik

Año

2024

N° páginas

408

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

16.10 x 24.10 x 2.70 cm

ISBN13

9789360801892

Sarasvati, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge. From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-Player to the Weapon-Wielding Defender of the Dharma

Catherine Ludvik (Autor) · Manohar Publishers and Distributors · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Sarasvati, Riverine Goddess of Knowledge. From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-Player to the Weapon-Wielding Defender of the Dharma"

Through the study of Chinese translations of no longer extant Sanskrit versions of the Buddhist Sutra of Golden Light, furthermore, the author sheds light on Sarasvati’s interactions with other Indian goddess cults and their impact on one another.

This is a fascinating depiction of the transformation of the Indian riverine goddess from the manuscript-carrying vīnā-player to the Buddhist weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma. Drawing on Sanskrit and Chinese textual sources, as well as Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist art historical representations, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvatī from sometime after 1750 B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E.