Pradyumna: Lover, Magician, and Scion of the Avatara
This book examines an important figure of Hindu mythology and literature who until now has been almost entirely ignored by scholars of Indian religion: Pradyumna, the son of the Hindu god Krsna. Pradyumna: Lover, Magician and Scion of the Avatara assembles the most important narratives of this character, offering a long-view analysis of his evolving mythology over the period 300-1300 CE.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-005411-3
- EAN: 9780190054113
- Produktnummer: 30212042
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 324 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.8 cm 590 g
- Gewicht: 590
Über den Autor
Christopher R. Austin completed his BA and MA degrees in Religious Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and PhD at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is presently Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Classics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches widely across all major religious traditions of South and East Asia, as well as Sanskrit and South Asian History. His principal areas ofresearch are in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata and particularly its supplement the Harivamsa, the biographical traditions of Krishna's life and his son Pradyumna, and early Vaisnavism.
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