Cozad, Laurie. <br/><br/>
Sacred Snakes :  Orthodox Images of Indian Snake Worship. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (201 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781935790136 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Serpent worship -- India -- History.<br/>Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.<br/>Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2015.S4 -- C69 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.5/212