Vajramahākāla and the Śaivasaugata rulers of Dharmāśraya and Siṅhasāri

Impressive images of a ferocious deity holding a cleaver and skullcup emerged in precolonial Sumatra. The deity is depicted with a female partner on the sword Mandākinī, and as a monumental statue found at Dharmāśraya in the Sumatran highlands. These images are often said to represent (the Śivaite)...

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Main Author: Sinclair, Iain (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 7
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mahākāla / Singhasari / Depiction / Vajrayāna / Hinduism / Syncretism
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
NBC Doctrine of God
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Mahākāla
B Hindu-Buddhism
B Tradition
B Transfer of training
B Tantrism
B Indonesia
B Kingship
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