 | Freda Matchett - Social Science - 2013 - 264 pages
This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of ... | |
 | Freda Matchett - Hindu mythology - 2001 - 265 pages
This book examines three of the Sanskrit texts belonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism, displaying the theological ... | |
 | Freda Matchett - Social Science - 2013 - 265 pages
This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of ... | |
 | Klaus K. Klostermaier - Philosophy - 1984 - 569 pages
Based on exhaustive reference to primary source material, this volume explores the relationships between religious mythologies and religious philosophical system within the ... | |
 | Deborah A. Soifer - Religion - 1991 - 340 pages
The Sanskrit Puranas and epics are replete with stories of the avatars, incarnations of the god Visnu in various forms to rid the universe of malevolent forces and to restore ... | |
 | David Shulman - Religion - 1993 - 180 pages
India's folklore and classical literature abound with stories of parents who sacrifice their children. In The Hungry God, David Shulman examines one set of such tales—Hindu ... | |
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