PUB 923_Schmücker_ViṣṠu-NÄ rÄ yaá¹ a.pdf

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 mean...

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Language:English
Published: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2024
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Summary: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.