Popular Religion in the Pala Period: Evidence from Iconographic Study of Four Female Deities from Northern Bengal
This article is an iconographic study of four sculptures from northern Bengal, of four female deities associated with Vajrayana Buddhist and Brahmanical cultic and religious practices: Aparajita, Rudra-Camunda, a snake goddess, and Mesavahini Sarasvati. They are housed at the Akshaya Kumar Maitreya...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2019
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 51–75 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pala, Family 750-1150
/ Bengalis (Nord)
/ Goddess
/ Vajrayāna
/ Folk religion
/ Brahmanism
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| RelBib Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia TE Middle Ages |
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Snake goddess
B Iconography B Meṣavāhinī Sarasvatī B Cāmuṇḍā B Aparājitā B Pāla-Sena art |
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