Brahmanical deities in foreign lands : The Fate of Skanda in buddhist central Asia
- The relationship between Brahmanism and Buddhism is a very inspiring field of inquiry, with which scholars have so far dealt applying different, often antithetic, methodological approaches and attitudes of mind. The question of the "borrowing§ of Brahmanical deities by the Buddhist theistic system is one of the major issues of the debate. On this occasion, it will be addressed from an iconographic viewpoint, with a focus on the Brahmanical god Skanda/Kārttikeya, a multifaceted and metamorphic deity in its own original milieu. Formerly a demon, later promoted to divine rank, Skanda plays a role in Buddhism as well. An analysis of the diverse iconographic contexts in which his depictions occur, from Gandhāra to Central Asia, offers interesting clues to a possible explanation of his presence in the local Buddhist repertoires.
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| Author: | Ciro Lo MuzioGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-62953 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.13154/rub.br.116.101 |
| ISSN: | 2628-2356 |
| Parent Title (English): | Ancient central Asian networks : rethinking the interplay of religions, art and politics across the Tarim Basin (5th-10th c.) |
| Series (Serial Number): | BuddhistRoad Paper (6.1,S2) |
| Editor: | Erika Forte |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2019/02/22 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2019/01/31 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
| Pagenumber: | 36 |
| Note: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
| Relation (DC): | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/725519 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Religion / Religion, Religionsphilosophie |
| OpenAIRE: | OpenAIRE |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International |
