| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in tantric studies |
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SUNY series in tantric studies.
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| Contents |
Gaṇeśa : a protohistory of the idea and the icon / A.K. Barain -- Gaṇeśa : myth and reality / M.K. Dhavalikar -- Gaṇeśa's rise to prominence in Sanskrit literature / Ludo Rocher -- Gaạneśa as metaphor : the Mudgala Purāṇa / Phyllis Granoff -- Images of Gaṇeśa in Jainism / Maruti Nandan Tiwari and Kamal Giri -- The wives of Gaṇeśa / Lawrence Cohen -- "Vātāpi Gaṇapatim" : sculptural, poetic, and musical texts in a hymn to Gaṇesá / Amy Catlin -- Gaṇeśa in Southeast Asian art : Indian connections and indigenous developments / Robert L. Brown -- The Tantric Gaṇeśa : texts preserved in the Tibetan canon / Christopher Wilkinson -- Gaṇeśa in China : methods of transforming the demonic / Lewis R. Lancaster -- Literary aspects of Japan's dual-Gaṇeśa cult / James H. Sanford |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
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| SUBJECT |
Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Theology.
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Religion
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Indische godsdiensten.
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Ganesja.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Hinduism.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Religion
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Robert L., 1944 October 6-
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| LC no. |
90046163 |
| ISBN |
0585054207 |
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9780585054209 |
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