Skanda and His Fathers in the Aranyakaparvan

By the Gupta era, Siva and Uma have emerged as the recognized parents of Skanda, but an examination of the descriptions of the deity’s birth from the Mahabharata presents a much more complex view of his parentage. This essay examines one of the early narratives of the deity’s birth from the Mahabhar...

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Main Author: Mann, Richard D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2014
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-21
Further subjects:B Śaiva history
B Skanda
B Mahābhārata
B Śiva
B divine birth
B Agni
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