From: Rick McCallister
Message: 55229
Date: 2008-03-15
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> From: "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
> To: "Cybalist" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:39 AM
> Subject: [tied] Skanda origins
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> Does anyone has a PDF of this article?
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> Religion Compass Volume 1 Issue 6
> Page 725-751, November
> 2007
> To cite this article: Richard Mann (2007)
> Skanda in
> Epic and Puranic Literature: An Examination of the
> Origins and Development
> of a Hindu Deity in North India
>
> Religion Compass 1 (6) , 725â751
> doi:10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00036.x
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> Abstract
> Skanda in Epic and Puranic Literature: An
> Examination of the Origins and
> Development of a Hindu Deity in North IndiaRichard
> Mann 1* 1Carleton
> University * Correspondence address: Richard Mann,
> Department of Religion,
> Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, 2A39
> Paterson Hall, Ottawa, ON,
> Canada K1S 5B6. Email: richard_mann@....
> 1Carleton University
> Abstract
> This article explores the origins and development
> of the Hindu deity Skanda
> in North India from approximately the fourth century
> bce to the seventh
> century ce. The author suggests that previous
> scholarship on this deity has
> located his origins in two sources: the Indus Valley
> and in an amalgamation
> of related deities. The article questions the Indus
> Valley hypothesis and
> develops the amalgamation hypothesis by examining a
> variety of textual and
> non-textual sources. The author also argues that a
> shift occurs in the
> representation of Skanda and in his cult base over
> time. The article
> suggests that his cult begins in propitiation cults
> for Grahas and warrior
> deities in the north of India and shifts to one
> based in royal propaganda
> and military emblems. The cult of Skanda is also
> absorbed into the broader
> Åaivite cult during this time. These shifts, the
> author argues, result in
> the diminished popularity of Skanda in North India
> by the seventh century
> ce.
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