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

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

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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...

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Main Author: Schmücker, Marcus (auth)
Other Authors: Wilden, Eva (auth), Schreiner, Peter (auth), Schmid, Charlotte (auth), Young, Katherine K. (auth), Rastelli, Marion (auth), Oberhammer, Gerhard (auth), Colas, Gérard (auth), McCann, Erin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2024
Subjects:
Hinduism
Indology
ÖFOS 2012 > HUMANITIES (6) > Linguistics and Literature (602) > Linguistics and Literature (6020) > Indology (602018)
ÖFOS 2012 > HUMANITIES (6) > Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) > Religion, Religious Studies not elsewhere classified (6039) > Hinduism (603904)
Religious studies
ÖFOS 2012 > HUMANITIES (6) > Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (603) > Religion, Religious Studies not elsewhere classified (6039) > Religious studies (603909)
Hindu sacred texts
Bic Subject Codes > Humanities (H) > Religion & beliefs (HR) > Hinduism (HRG) > Hindu sacred texts (HRGS)
South India
Theism
Deity
Ritual
Theology
History
Vaisnava tradition
Tamil
Indologie
ÖFOS 2012 > GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (602) > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften (6020) > Indologie (602018)
Hinduismus
ÖFOS 2012 > GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) > Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) > Sonstige Religion, Religionswissenschaften (6039) > Hinduismus (603904)
Religionswissenschaft
ÖFOS 2012 > GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (6) > Philosophie, Ethik, Religion (603) > Sonstige Religion, Religionswissenschaften (6039) > Religionswissenschaft (603909)
BIC Klassifizierung > undefined (H) > undefined (HR) > undefined (HRG) > undefined (HRGS)
Südindien
Theologie
Geschichte
Asienforschung
Vaisnava Tradition
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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.
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.
ISBN:978OEAW88650
Access:Open Access

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