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Sacred Snakes : Orthodox Images of Indian Snake Worship.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Aurora : The Davies Group, Publishers, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781935790136
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred SnakesDDC classification:
  • 294.5/212
LOC classification:
  • BL2015.S4 -- C69 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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