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Sarasvatī: Riverine Goddess of Knowledge: From the Manuscript-carrying Vīṇā-player to the Weapon-wielding Defender of the Dharma
Abstract
This is a fascinating depiction of the transformation of the Indian riverine goddess from the manuscript-carrying vīṇā-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 Sarasvatī from some time 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 the author sheds light on Sarasvatī's interactions with other Indian goddess cults and their impact on one another.
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“In medieval Japan, however, her hybrid, eight-armed form known as Uga Benzaiten became prevalent.”
From The Cultic World of the Blind Monks: Benzaiten, Jūzenji, and Shukujin (2013) · cites this paper as Ludvik (2007)
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“The autonomous figure of the snakedeity Ugajin develops in a group of apocryphal scriptures known as the Five Ugajin Sūtras , which are, in their form and content, clearly modeled after the Golden Light Sutra ( Saishōōkyō 最勝王経 ), the locus classicus of the Buddhist Sarasvatī”
From The Cultic World of the Blind Monks: Benzaiten, Jūzenji, and Shukujin (2013) · cites this paper as Ludvik 2007
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Faure, B. (2013) · Journal of Religion in Japan · doi:10.1163/22118349-12341254 · Cited by 2
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- Authors
- Ludvik, C.
- Corresponding author
- Ludvik, Catherine
- Venue
- BRILL eBooks
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2007-06-05
- OpenAlex
- W4254540352
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2013: 3
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- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › General Arts and Humanities › Cultural and Mythological Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Keywords
- Saraswati, Vina, Buddhist iconography, Sanskrit manuscripts, Buddhist art, goddess worship, iconographic transformation
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