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The SkandapurÄá¹a Volume IV
AdhyÄyas 70 â 95. Start of the Skanda and Andhaka Cycles
Series: - Groningen Oriental Studies, Supplement, Volume: 5
SkandapurÄá¹a IV presents a critical edition of AdhyÄyas 70-95 from the SkandapurÄá¹a , with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.
The text edited in this volume includes the myths of Viá¹£á¹uâs manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiá¹ha), the birth of Skanda, the birth of Andhaka, and Hiraá¹yÄká¹£aâs battle with the gods culminating in his victory and capture of the Earth.
Thanks to generous support of the J. Gonda Fund Foundation, the e-book version of this volume is available in Open Access.
The text edited in this volume includes the myths of Viá¹£á¹uâs manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiá¹ha), the birth of Skanda, the birth of Andhaka, and Hiraá¹yÄká¹£aâs battle with the gods culminating in his victory and capture of the Earth.
Thanks to generous support of the J. Gonda Fund Foundation, the e-book version of this volume is available in Open Access.
Peter Bisschop, Ph.D. (2004), University of Groningen, is Professor of Sanskrit and Ancient Cultures of South Asia at Leiden University. He is the author of Early Åaivism and the SkandapurÄá¹a: Sects and Centres (Egbert Forsten, 2006) and The SkandapurÄá¹a IIB (Brill, 2014).
Yuko Yokochi, Ph.D. (2004), University of Groningen, is Professor of Sanskrit Literature at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University. She is the author of The SkandapurÄá¹a III (Egbert Forsten / Brill, 2013) and The SkandapurÄá¹a IIB (Brill, 2014).
Yuko Yokochi, Ph.D. (2004), University of Groningen, is Professor of Sanskrit Literature at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University. She is the author of The SkandapurÄá¹a III (Egbert Forsten / Brill, 2013) and The SkandapurÄá¹a IIB (Brill, 2014).
All interested in Purana literature, early Saivism and Vaisnavism, Hindu mythology, and the history of Hinduism in general.