The Impact of Inscriptions on the Interpretation of Early Śaiva Literature
This paper considers the limitations of the Śaivas’ prescriptive literature as evidence of the reality of their religion and stresses the benefits of reading it in the light of inscriptions and other forms of non-prescriptive evidence. It utilizes these other sources to address a number of questions...
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Brill
2013
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Indo-Iranian journal
Jahr: 2013, Band: 56, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 211-244 |
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Early Śaivism
Atimārga
Mantramārga
Kulamārga
chronology of Śaivism
royal patronage
royal initiation
the Āmardaka monastery
ascetics and officiants
the dominance of Śaivism
Indian inscriptions
non-prescriptive evidence
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