TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cozad,Laurie
TI  - Sacred Snakes: Orthodox Images of Indian Snake Worship
SN  - 9781935790136
AV  - BL2015.S4 -- C69 2004eb 
U1  - 294.5/212 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Aurora
PB  - The Davies Group, Publishers
KW  - Serpent worship -- India -- History
KW  - Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
KW  - Serpents -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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