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Elizabeth A. Cecil, "Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape" (Brill, 2020)
Elizabeth A. Cecil, "Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape" (Brill, 2020)
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48 minutes
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Apr 22, 2020
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Elizabeth A. Cecil's Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape: Narrative, Place, and the Śaiva Imaginary in Early Medieval North India (Brill, 2020) weaves together material from the Sanskrit text Skandapurāṇa, physical landscapes, inscriptions, monuments, and icons to provide groundbreaking insight into the earliest known community of Śiva devotees: the Pāśupatas. Through examining how the Pāśupatas were emplaced in regional Indian landscapes, this book explores issues of belonging, identity, community building and place-making in Early Medieval India.
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Released:
Apr 22, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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