cam a22 8 4500 601063163 CHVBK 20200927181731.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 200108s2020 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2019058590 978-0-367-33805-3 (hardback) 978-0-429-32202-0 (ebook) (SERSOL)ssj0002280488 (WaSeSS)ssj0002280488 ja DLC eng DLC WaSeSS rda eng san san BL1140.4.M376 B34 2020 294.5/925 23 Balkaran Raj author The goddess and the sun in Indian myth power, preservation and mirrored Māhātmyas in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa Raj Balkaran 1. 2005 NY Routledge 2020 1 online resource (pages cm) text txt rdacontent/eng computer c rdamedia/eng online resource cr rdacarrier/eng Routledge Hindu studies series Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Goddess and King, Goddess and Sun -- 1. Synchronic Strategy -- 2. Mirrored Māhāmtyas -- 3. The Story of Saṃjñā -- 4. Mapping Mārkaṇḍeya -- Conclusion: Paragons of Preservation -- Bibliography -- Appendix: The Sun Myths of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (Sanskrit Text) -- Index. Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. "In analyzing myths glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Sūrya, which mirror the myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durgā, found in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devī), the Sun (Sūrya), Manu and Mārkaṇḍeya himself are paragons. This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa houses the DevīMāhātmya glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durgā, it also houses a Sūrya Māhātmya, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Sūrya, in much the same manner. The author argues the māhātmyas of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa were meaningfully and purposefully positioned there, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura-Śākta symbiosis that can be found in these mirrored māhātmyas. Moreover, the author explores the 'dharmic double helix' of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between pravṛtti (worldly) and nivṛtti (other worldy) dharmas. The first narrative study of the Sūrya Māhātmya, along with the first study of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (or any Purāṇa), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology"-- In English; includes some Sanskrit text and translations. Durgā Hindu deity Cult Sūrya Hindu deity Cult Puranas Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa Devīmāhātmya Criticism, interpretation, etc Puranas Sāmbapurāṇa Criticism, interpretation, etc Hindu mythology https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429322020 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 Taylor and Francis eBooks EBA E-Books von 360MarcUpdates IDSBB B405 B405 405VT https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429322020 NELB4052009 IDSBB 100 1- Balkaran Raj author IDSBB 490 0- Routledge Hindu studies series IDSBB 856 40 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429322020 Uni Bern: Volltext