Sarasvati: Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-Carrying Vina-Player to the Weapon-Wielding Defender of the Dharm
Ludvik, Catherine
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Book ID : 45199
ISBN-10 : 93-6080-189-5 / 9360801895
ISBN-13 : 978-93-6080-189-2 / 9789360801892
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2025
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
23 cm. 408p.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
This is a fascinating depiction of the transformation of the Indian riverine goddess from the manuscript-carrying vina-player to the Buddhist weapon-wielding defender of the Dharma. Drawing on Sanskrit and Chinese textual sources, as well as Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist art historical representations, this book traces the conceptual and iconographic development of the riverine goddess of knowledge Sarasvati from sometime after 1750 B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E. Through the study of Chinese translations of no longer extant Sanskrit versions of the Buddhist Sutra of Golden Light, furthermore, the author sheds light on Sarasvati’s interactions with other Indian goddess cults and their impact on one another. About the Author Catherine Ludvik, Ph.D. (2001) in South and East Asian Religions, University of Toronto, is a JSPS Research Fellow affiliated with Kobe University. Her publications include Recontextualizing the Praises of a Goddess: From the Harivamsa to Yijing’s Chinese Translation of the Sutra of Golden Light (2006) and Hanuman in the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Ramacaritamanasa of Tulasi Dasa (1994).
