Sacred Snakes : Orthodox Images of Indian Snake Worship.
Cozad, Laurie.
Sacred Snakes : Orthodox Images of Indian Snake Worship. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages)
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.
9781935790136
Serpent worship -- India -- History.
Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Electronic books.
BL2015.S4 -- C69 2004eb
294.5/212
Sacred Snakes : Orthodox Images of Indian Snake Worship. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages)
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.
9781935790136
Serpent worship -- India -- History.
Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Electronic books.
BL2015.S4 -- C69 2004eb
294.5/212