Viṣṇu-Nārāyaṇa Changing Forms and the Becoming of a Deity in Indian Religious Traditions

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2024
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 459720
• Chủ đề: 1. Asienforschung; 2. BIC Klassifizierung -- undefined (H) -- undefined (HR) -- undefined (HRG) -- undefined (HRGS); 3. Bic Subject Codes -- Humanities (H) -- Religion & beliefs (HR) -- Hinduism (HRG) -- Hindu sacred texts (HRGS); 4. Deity; 5. Geschichte; 6. Hinduism

Tóm tắt

Die in diesem Band versammelten Beiträge behandeln die komplexe Geschichte der indischen Gottheit Viṣṇu-Nārāyana. Diese Gottesidee entwickelte sich während des ersten nachchristlichen Jahrtausends in verschiedenen Traditionen Indiens, insbesondere in Südindien. Ihre Geschichte wird mithilfe philologischer Exegese, Begriffsgeschichte und ikonographischer Zeugnisse rekonstruiert.The contributions collected in this volume deal with the complex history of the Indian deity Viṣṇu-Nārāyana. This conception of God evolved in various traditions in India, especially in South India, during the first millennium CE. The history of this development is reconstructed here by various means, including philological exegesis, the history of ideas, and iconographic evidence.